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{{Infobox Indian politician
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name                = Firhad Hakim
| name                = Firhad Hakim
| image              =
| image              = Firhad Hakim.jpg
| caption            =  
| caption            = Firhad Hakim
| birth_date          = {{birth-date and age|1 January 1959}}<ref name="PK"/>
| birth_date          = {{birth-date and age|1 January 1959}}<ref name="PK"/>
| birth_place        = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]],  [[India]]
| birth_place        = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]],  [[India]]
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| death_date          =  
| death_date          =  
| death_place        =  
| death_place        =  
| office4             = Chairman of Board of Administrators, [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
| office             = 38th [[Mayor of Kolkata]]
|term_start4 = 7 May 2021
| term_start        = 28 December 2021
|predecessor4=Khalil Ahmed
| constituency      = [[Ward No. 82, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|Ward No. 82]]
| term_start5        = 8 May 2020
| term_end           =  
| term_end5           = 22 March 2021
| predecessor          = ''himself'' <br />{{small|(as Chairman of Board of Administrators)}}
| predecessor5        = ''himself'' <br />{{small|(as Mayor of Kolkata)}}
| deputy             = [[Atin Ghosh]]
| successor5          = Khalil Ahmed
| term_start1         = 3 December 2018
| office6             = 39th [[Mayor of Kolkata]]
| term_end1           = 7 May 2020
| term_start6         = 3 December 2018
| predecessor1       = [[Sovan Chatterjee]]
| term_end6           = 7 May 2020
| successor1         = ''himself'' <br />{{small|(as Chairman of Board of Administrators)}}
| predecessor6       = [[Sovan Chatterjee]]
| deputy1             = [[Atin Ghosh]]
| successor6         = ''himself'' <br />{{small|(as Chairman of Board of Administrators)}}
| constituency1       = [[Ward No. 82, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|Ward No. 82]]
| deputy6             = [[Atin Ghosh]]
| office2            = [[Third Banerjee ministry|Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of West Bengal]]
| constituency6       = [[Ward No. 82, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|Ward No. 82]]
| governor2           = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| office              = [[Third Banerjee ministry|Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of West Bengal]]
| 1blankname2        = [[List of Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| governor           = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
| 1namedata2          = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 1blankname          = [[List of Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| 2blankname2        = Department
| 1namedata          = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 2namedata2        = * [[Department of Transport (West Bengal)|Transport]]
| 2blankname          = Department
| 2namedata          = * [[Department of Transport (West Bengal)|Transport]]
* Housing
* Housing
| term_start          = 10 May 2021
| term_start2        = 10 May 2021
| term_end            =
| constituency        =
| predecessor        = [[Suvendu Adhikari]] (''Transport'')<br>[[Chandrima Bhattacharya]] (''Housing'')
| governor1          = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]<br/>[[Keshari Nath Tripathi]]
| 1blankname1        = [[List of Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1          = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| 2blankname1        = Department
| 2namedata1          = * [[Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs|Urban Development and Municipal Affairs]]
| term_start1        = 20 May 2011
| term_end1          = 5 May 2021
| constituency1      =
| predecessor1        = [[Ashok Bhattacharya]]
| successor1          = [[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]
| office2            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]]
| term_start2        = 13 May 2011
| term_end2          =  
| term_end2          =  
| constituency2      = [[Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Port]]
| constituency2       =
| predecessor2        = ''Constituency created''
| predecessor2       = [[Suvendu Adhikari]] (''Transport'')<br>[[Chandrima Bhattacharya]] (''Housing'')
| successor2         =  
| governor3        = [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]<br/>[[Keshari Nath Tripathi]]
| term_start3        = 10 November 2009
| 1blankname3        = [[List of Chief Minister of West Bengal|Chief Minister]]
| term_end3           = 13 May 2011
| 1namedata3        = [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| constituency3       = [[Alipore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipore]]
| 2blankname3        = Department
| predecessor3        = [[Tapas Paul]]
| 2namedata3      = * [[Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs|Urban Development and Municipal Affairs]]
| successor3          = ''Constituency Abolished''
| term_start3        = 20 May 2011
| term_end3    = 5 May 2021
| constituency3    =
| predecessor3    = [[Ashok Bhattacharya]]
| successor3    = [[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]
| office4            = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]]
| term_start4        = 13 May 2011
| term_end4          =
| constituency4      = [[Kolkata Port (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Port]]
| predecessor4      = ''Constituency created''
| successor4         =  
| term_start5        = 10 November 2009
| term_end5           = 13 May 2011
| constituency5       = [[Alipore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipore]]
| predecessor5      = [[Tapas Paul]]
| successor5        = ''Constituency Abolished''
| office6            = Chairman of Board of Administrators, [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
|term_start6 = 7 May 2021
| term_end6    = 24 December 2021
|predecessor6 =Khalil Ahmed
|successor6      = ''himself'' <br />{{small|(as Mayor of Kolkata)}}
| term_start7      = 8 May 2020
| term_end7          = 22 March 2021
| predecessor7      = ''himself'' <br />{{small|(as Mayor of Kolkata)}}
| successor7        = Khalil Ahmed
| party              = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| party              = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 1998)
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]] (until 1998)
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}}
}}


'''Firhad Hakim''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: ফিরহাদ হাকিম) (born 1 January 1959) is serving as [[Cabinet Minister]] of Transport and Housing, [[Government of West Bengal]]. He was Minister in Charge for [[Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs|Urban Development and Municipal Affairs]] for 10 years. He also served as the [[Mayors of Kolkata|Mayor of Kolkata]] which is the third [[Megacity]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/mmic.jsp|title=Official Website of Kolkata Municipal Corporation|website=www.kmcgov.in|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> He is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] party.  
'''Firhad Hakim''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: ফিরহাদ হাকিম; born 1 January 1959) is an Indian politician serving as [[Cabinet Minister]] of [[Department of Transport (West Bengal)|Transport]] and Housing, [[Government of West Bengal]]. He was Minister in Charge for [[Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs|Urban Development and Municipal Affairs]] for 10 years. He is also serving as the [[Mayors of Kolkata|Mayor of Kolkata]] which is the third largest [[Megacity]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/mmic.jsp|title=Official Website of Kolkata Municipal Corporation|website=www.kmcgov.in|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> He is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] party.  


Hakim was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in 2009. Two years later, he became a cabinet minister in the [[Mamata Banerjee ministry (2011–2015)|Mamata Banerjee ministry]]. In December 2018, he was appointed mayor following the resignation of the incumbent [[Sovan Chatterjee]].
Hakim was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in 2009. Two years later, he became a cabinet minister in the [[Mamata Banerjee ministry (2011–2015)|Mamata Banerjee ministry]]. In December 2018, he was appointed mayor following the resignation of the incumbent [[Sovan Chatterjee]].
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In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Hakim defeated his nearest rival, Rakesh Singh of the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]-[[Indian National Congress]] alliance by a margin of 26,548 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=LIST: 59 Muslim MLA elected in West Bengal assembly elections |url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/list-59-muslim-mlas-elected-west-bengal-assembly-elections-960624/ |work=[[The Siasat Daily]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |date=20 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120145814/https://archive.siasat.com/news/list-59-muslim-mlas-elected-west-bengal-assembly-elections-960624/ |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=বন্দরে জোটের শক্তিও সমান। জয়ের অঙ্ক টলমলে ফিরহাদের |trans-title=The strength of the alliance is same is port. Firhad's win is not sure |url=https://ebela.in/state/tough-game-for-firhad-hakim-against-tmc-and-left-front-candidate-1.347832 |work=[[Ebela]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |language=bn |date=2 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120194524/https://ebela.in/state/tough-game-for-firhad-hakim-against-tmc-and-left-front-candidate-1.347832 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 16 June 2017, he was appointed chairman of the [[Tarakeswar]] Development Board.<ref>{{cite web |title=তারকেশ্বর উন্নয়ন বোর্ডের চেয়ারম্যানের দায়িত্ব পেলেন ফিরহাদ |trans-title=Firhad becomes the Chairman of Tarakeswar Development Board |url=https://ebela.in/state/firhad-hakim-becomes-the-chairman-of-tarakeswar-development-board-1.628957 |work=[[Ebela]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |language=bn |date=16 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144105/https://ebela.in/state/firhad-hakim-becomes-the-chairman-of-tarakeswar-development-board-1.628957 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Hakim defeated his nearest rival, Rakesh Singh of the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]-[[Indian National Congress]] alliance by a margin of 26,548 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=LIST: 59 Muslim MLA elected in West Bengal assembly elections |url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/list-59-muslim-mlas-elected-west-bengal-assembly-elections-960624/ |work=[[The Siasat Daily]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |date=20 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120145814/https://archive.siasat.com/news/list-59-muslim-mlas-elected-west-bengal-assembly-elections-960624/ |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=বন্দরে জোটের শক্তিও সমান। জয়ের অঙ্ক টলমলে ফিরহাদের |trans-title=The strength of the alliance is same is port. Firhad's win is not sure |url=https://ebela.in/state/tough-game-for-firhad-hakim-against-tmc-and-left-front-candidate-1.347832 |work=[[Ebela]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |language=bn |date=2 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120194524/https://ebela.in/state/tough-game-for-firhad-hakim-against-tmc-and-left-front-candidate-1.347832 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 16 June 2017, he was appointed chairman of the [[Tarakeswar]] Development Board.<ref>{{cite web |title=তারকেশ্বর উন্নয়ন বোর্ডের চেয়ারম্যানের দায়িত্ব পেলেন ফিরহাদ |trans-title=Firhad becomes the Chairman of Tarakeswar Development Board |url=https://ebela.in/state/firhad-hakim-becomes-the-chairman-of-tarakeswar-development-board-1.628957 |work=[[Ebela]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |language=bn |date=16 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144105/https://ebela.in/state/firhad-hakim-becomes-the-chairman-of-tarakeswar-development-board-1.628957 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Head of Kolkata Municipal Corporation==
==Mayor of Kolkata==
On 20 November 2018, [[Sovan Chatterjee]], then [[Mayors of Kolkata|mayor of Kolkata]], resigned as a cabinet minister.<ref>{{cite web |title=শোভন-বৈশাখীর প্রেম, যে যে কারণে শেষ কয়েকমাস বিতর্কে ছিল এই জুটি |trans-title=Sovan-Baisakhi relationship, the reasons for which this couple was at the centre of a controversy for the last couple of months |url=https://bengali.news18.com/photogallery/does-sovan-chattapadhyas-alleged-relationship-with-baishakhi-chatterjee-play-role-in-his-resignation-238286.html |publisher=[[News 18]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |language=bn |date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144417/https://bengali.news18.com/photogallery/does-sovan-chattapadhyas-alleged-relationship-with-baishakhi-chatterjee-play-role-in-his-resignation-238286.html |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Two days later, he resigned from the post of the mayor of Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two days after stepping down from Cabinet, Sovan Chatterjee resigns as Kolkata mayor |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/sovan-chatterjee-resigns-as-kolkata-mayor-5459360/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121010746/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/sovan-chatterjee-resigns-as-kolkata-mayor-5459360/ |archive-date=21 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, Trinamool Congress announced that Hakim would be their mayoral candidate. The [[Government of West Bengal|state government]] passed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018. This allows a candidate who is not a member of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to be appointed mayor of the city, provided they are elected to the same within a period of six months.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Das |first1=Soumya |title=Kolkata Mayor resigns, Hakim is TMC's Mayoral candidate |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/kolkata-mayor-sovan-chatterjee-704348.html |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144109/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/kolkata-mayor-sovan-chatterjee-704348.html |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Minister Firhad Hakim New Mayor Of Kolkata After Sovan Chatterjee Quits |url=https://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/firhad-hakim-new-mayor-of-kolkata-municipal-corporation-as-sovan-chatterjee-resigns-1951805 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120194508/https://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/firhad-hakim-new-mayor-of-kolkata-municipal-corporation-as-sovan-chatterjee-resigns-1951805 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 20 November 2018, [[Sovan Chatterjee]], then [[Mayors of Kolkata|mayor of Kolkata]], resigned as a cabinet minister.<ref>{{cite web |title=শোভন-বৈশাখীর প্রেম, যে যে কারণে শেষ কয়েকমাস বিতর্কে ছিল এই জুটি |trans-title=Sovan-Baisakhi relationship, the reasons for which this couple was at the centre of a controversy for the last couple of months |url=https://bengali.news18.com/photogallery/does-sovan-chattapadhyas-alleged-relationship-with-baishakhi-chatterjee-play-role-in-his-resignation-238286.html |publisher=[[News 18]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |language=bn |date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144417/https://bengali.news18.com/photogallery/does-sovan-chattapadhyas-alleged-relationship-with-baishakhi-chatterjee-play-role-in-his-resignation-238286.html |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Two days later, he resigned from the post of the mayor of Kolkata.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two days after stepping down from Cabinet, Sovan Chatterjee resigns as Kolkata mayor |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/sovan-chatterjee-resigns-as-kolkata-mayor-5459360/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121010746/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/sovan-chatterjee-resigns-as-kolkata-mayor-5459360/ |archive-date=21 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequently, Trinamool Congress announced that Hakim would be their mayoral candidate. The [[Government of West Bengal|state government]] passed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018. This allows a candidate who is not a member of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to be appointed mayor of the city, provided they are elected to the same within a period of six months.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Das |first1=Soumya |title=Kolkata Mayor resigns, Hakim is TMC's Mayoral candidate |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/kolkata-mayor-sovan-chatterjee-704348.html |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144109/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/kolkata-mayor-sovan-chatterjee-704348.html |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Minister Firhad Hakim New Mayor Of Kolkata After Sovan Chatterjee Quits |url=https://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/firhad-hakim-new-mayor-of-kolkata-municipal-corporation-as-sovan-chatterjee-resigns-1951805 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=20 January 2019 |date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120194508/https://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/firhad-hakim-new-mayor-of-kolkata-municipal-corporation-as-sovan-chatterjee-resigns-1951805 |archive-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>


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