Jump to content

Snehal Ambekar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 2405:204:9509:92a3:3019:d0f4:78cf:acc2 (talk) at 08:29, 12 April 2017 (Positions Held: 2017 position). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Snehal Ambekar
स्नेहल आंबेकर
Mayor of Mumbai
In office
September 2014 – March 2017
Preceded bySunil Prabhu
Succeeded byVishwanath Mahadeshwar
Personal details
Born (1972-07-31) 31 July 1972 (age 52)
NationalityIndian
Political partyShiv Sena
ResidenceMumbai

Snehal Ambekar (Template:Lang-mr) (born July 31, 1972) is Shiv Sena Politician from Mumbai. She was the former Mayor of Mumbai.[1] She is the 7th woman and 1st dalit woman to hold the position.[2] There has been controversy regarding her use as mayor of a red beacon on top of her car.[3]

Positions Held

Snehal Ambekar in May 2016 (third from left)
  • 2012: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation[4]
  • 2012: Member of Architecture Committee Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
  • 2014: Elected as Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
  • 2017:Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

References

  1. ^ Bhalerao, Sanjana (2014-09-09). "Shiv Sena's Snehal Ambekar elected Mumbai's new mayor". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ^ Sena’s Snehal Ambekar is first Dalit woman Mayor of city
  3. ^ Yerunkar, Chetna (2014-12-15). "Shameless Mumbai mayor Snehal Ambekar clings to red beacon". Mid-Day. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ^ http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/election-results/maharashtra-election-results/849-bmc-mumbai-election-result-2012-93505859.html