Mumtaz Begum (mayor) explained

Mumtaz Begum (born 1956) is a former mayor of Bangalore, India. She was Bangalore's

• 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]

Notes and References

1. News: Mumtaz Begum elected Mayor . https://web.archive.org/web/20051201114912/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/30/stories/2005113019920300.htm. dead. 1 December 2005. 30 November 2005. India. The Hindu. 24 March 2010.
2. Web site: kashif. Mumtaz Begum (1956-):Politics. urdustan.com network. New Delhi. 24 June 2006. 11 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130130123902/http://www.indianmuslims.info/people/mumtaz_begum_1956_politics.html. 30 January 2013. dead.
3. Web site: BBMP in trouble over private encroachment . Bangalore Mirror . en.
4. Web site: Mayors . Mayors . Comments in support of Mumtaz Begum . City Mayors Foundation. London . 2006. 11 August 2012.