Mumtaz_Begum_(politician)
Mumtaz Begum (mayor)
Indian politician
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]