Sunil Prabhu Explained

Sunil Prabhu
Birth Place:	11 July 1969
Residence:	Mumbai
Office:	Member of Legislative Assembly
Term Start:	2014
Constituency:	Dindoshi
Office1:	Mayor of Mumbai
Term Start1:	9 March 2012
Term End1:	9 September 2014
Predecessor1:	Shraddha Jadhav
Successor1:	Snehal Ambekar
Party:	Shiv Sena
Children:	Ankit Prabhu (Son)

Sunil Prabhu is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Dindoshi Assembly Constituency.^{[1] [2]} He was the 74th^[3] mayor of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, and chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the country's richest municipal body.^[4]

Early life and career

Prabhu started his career in 1992 as a personal assistant to a senior Shiv Sena leader and MP, Gajanan Kirtikar, until 1997.^[5] It was on Kirtikar's insistence that he had gotten a chance to fight the civic elections from Aarey Colony in 1997. Subsequently, he went on to win three civic elections.^[6] However, Prabhu has been voted as the best orator in the civic house on several occasions. He is known for his powerful speeches, especially on financial issues. He was the leader of the house in BMC for six years.^{[7] [8]}

Positions held

• 1997: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (1st term)
• 2002: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term)
• 2007: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term)^[9]
• 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (4th term)^[10]
• 2012-2014: Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation^[11]
• 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly^[12]
• 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ^[1]
• 2019-2022: Chief whip,Shivsena

See also

• Mayor of Mumbai

External links

• official twitter account
• Shivsena Home Page
• http://m.newshunt.com/india/marathi-newspapers/saamana/mumbai/kostal-rodala-shivasenapramukhanche-nav-dya-sunil-prabhu-yanche-mukhyamantryanna-patr_41493590/c-in-l-marathi-n-saam-ncat-Mumbai

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dindoshi Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019.
2. News: Sitting and previous MLAs from Dindoshi Assembly Constituency.
3. News: Correspondent. DNA. Part 2 of We've done it begins in Mumbai. 10 March 2012. DNA India. 10 March 2012. Mumbai.
4. News: PTI. Shiv Sena's Sunil Prabhu is Mumbai's new mayor. 9 March 2012. DNA India. 9 March 2012. Mumbai.
5. News: Desai. Geeta. Shiv Sena all set to elect new mayor. 9 March 2012. DNA India. 9 March 2012. Mumbai.
6. News: Sayli Udas Mankikar. Sujit Mahamulkar. Sunil Prabhu: from personal assistant to city's likely mayor. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307135052/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Sunil-Prabhu-from-personal-assistant-to-city-s-likely-mayor/Article1-821414.aspx. dead. 7 March 2012. 9 March 2012. Hindustan Times. 6 March 2012. Mumbai.
7. News: personal assistant to city's likely mayor. https://web.archive.org/web/20160805181258/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2602377181.html. dead. 2016-08-05. highbeam.com.
8. News: Sunil Prabhu new Mumbai mayor. thaindian.com.
9. Web site: Mumbai Matters: BMC Elections 2007 Winners . mumbaimatters.bombayaddict.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071225040600/http://mumbaimatters.bombayaddict.com/2007/03/bmc-elections-2007-winners.html . 2007-12-25.
10. Web site: Winners List of BMC elections 2012 |.
11. Web site: Shiv Sena's Sunil Prabhu is new Mumbai mayor.
12. News: dindoshi election results 2014. elections.in.