Mumtaz Begum (mayor)

For other people named Mumtaz Begum, see Mumtaz Begum (disambiguation).

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]

  1. ^ "Mumtaz Begum elected Mayor". The Hindu. India. 30 November 2005. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2010.