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| {{short description|Indian politician}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Mumtaz Begum (mayor)]] |
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| '''Mumtaz Begum''' (born 1956) is a former mayor of [[Bangalore]], India. She was Bangalore's
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| *first Muslim mayor,
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| *43rd mayor and was elected on 30 November 2005.
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| She had been elected as a corporator of the [[Bangalore Mahanagara Palike|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.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/30/stories/2005113019920300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201114912/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/30/stories/2005113019920300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2005|title=Mumtaz Begum elected Mayor |date=30 November 2005|location=India|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=24 March 2010}}</ref>
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| ==Political career==
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| 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.<ref name=hindu/> Thereafter she migrated to the Congress party in 1988 and got elected as Corporator for the second time in 1990.<ref name=hindu/>
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| ==Posts Held==
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| *1984 : Deputy Mayor, Bangalore<ref name=hindu/>
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| *1991–95 : General Secretary, Ladies Wing, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee<ref name=Indian>{{cite web|author=kashif|title=Mumtaz Begum (1956- ):Politics|url=http://www.indianmuslims.info/people/mumtaz_begum_1956_politics.html|publisher=urdustan.com network|location=New Delhi|date=24 June 2006|accessdate=11 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130123902/http://www.indianmuslims.info/people/mumtaz_begum_1956_politics.html|archive-date=30 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| *1993–97 : President, Block Congress Committee, Shivajinagar, Bangalore<ref name=Indian/>
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| *1995–97 : General Secretary, Bangalore City District Congress Committee<ref name=Indian/>
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| *1997–2002 : General Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee<ref name=Indian/>
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| *2001 : Chairperson, Standing Committee on Appeals<ref name=hindu/>
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| *2003 : Member, Standing Committee on Education and Social Justice<ref name=hindu/>
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| *2002–2005 : Executive Committee Member, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee<ref name=Indian/>
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| *2005–2006: Mayor, Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP)
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| ==World Mayor nominee==
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| Mumtaz Begum was in the list of finalists for World Mayor title of 2006, conducted once in two years by [[City Mayors Foundation]], London.<ref name=world>{{cite web |first=Mayors |last=Mayors |title=Comments in support of Mumtaz Begum |url=http://www.worldmayor.com/comments06/bangalore_comment06.html|publisher=City Mayors Foundation|location=London |year= 2006|accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Indian Muslims]]
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| [[Category:1956 births]]
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| [[Category:Living people]]
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| [[Category:Mayors of Bangalore]]
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| [[Category:Women mayors of places in Karnataka]]
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| [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
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| [[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
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| [[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
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| [[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
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