Mumtaz Begum (mayor)
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- first Muslim mayor,
- fourth woman mayor,
- 43rd mayor and was elected on 30 November 2005.
She had been elected as a corporator of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP)thrice. She represented Shivajinagar Ward, which was part of British Cantonment during the colonial rule. A member of the Indian National Congress party, she was elected as a deputy mayor of Bangalore City Corporation in 1984, when she contested as a candidate of the Janata Party platform.[1]
Political career
Mumtaz Begum was in Janatha Party when she got elected as Corporator for the first time in 1984 and elected as Deputy Mayor in 1984.[1] Thereafter she migrated to the Congress party in 1988 and got elected as Corporator for the second time in 1990.[1]
Posts Held
- 1984 : Deputy Mayor, Bangalore[1]
- 1991–95 : General Secretary, Ladies Wing, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee[2]
- 1993–97 : President, Block Congress Committee, Shivajinagar, Bangalore[2]
- 1995–97 : General Secretary, Bangalore City District Congress Committee[2]
- 1997–2002 : General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee[2]
- 2001 : Chairperson, Standing Committee on Appeals[1]
- 2003 : Member, Standing Committee on Education and Social Justice[1]
- 2002–2005 : Executive Committee Member, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee[2]
- 2005–2006: Mayor, Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP)[3]
World Mayor nominee
Mumtaz Begum was in the list of finalists for World Mayor title of 2006, conducted once in two years by City Mayors Foundation, London.[4]
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