Firhad Hakim

Firhad Hakim (Bengali: ফিরহাদ হাকিম) (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian politician. He is serving as Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. He is also the Mayor of Kolkata.[3]

Firhad Hakim
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Firhad Hakim
39th Mayor of Kolkata
Assumed office
3 December 2018
DeputyAtin Ghosh
Preceded bySovan Chatterjee
ConstituencyWard No. 82
Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal
Assumed office
20 May 2011
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byAshok Bhattacharya
Member of the Legislative Assembly, West Bengal
Assumed office
13 May 2011
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Preceded byConstituency created
ConstituencyKolkata Port
In office
10 November 2009 – 13 May 2011
Preceded byTapas Paul
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
ConstituencyAlipore
Personal details
Born(1 January 1959-Expression error: Unrecognized word "january".-{{{day}}})Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., Expression error: Unrecognized word "january".Expression error: Unrecognized word "january".Expression error: Unrecognized word "january". (age 65)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress(1998-present)
Indian National Congress(until 1998)
Spouse(s)Ismat Hakim
ChildrenPriayadarshini, Shabba Hakim, Afshaa Hakim
ResidenceChetla, Kolkata - 700027[2]
Alma materHeramba Chandra College (B.Com. in commerce)
Other namesBobby Da

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. In December 2018, he was elected mayor following the resignation of the incumbent Sovan Chatterjee. He is the first Muslim since the independence of India to become the mayor of that city. [1] They live in Chetla, a neighborhood of South Kolkata.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "ভাবী মেয়র ফিরহাদ হাকিম সম্পর্কে যে তথগুলি আপনি জানেন না" [Information about the mayor-elect Firhad Hakim which you do not know] (in Bengali). Puber Kolom. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. "Dial M for MLA". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. "Official Website of Kolkata Municipal Corporation". www.kmcgov.in. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. Bhattashali, Amitabha (23 November 2018). "ফিরহাদ হাকিম: স্বাধীনতা-উত্তর কলকাতার এই প্রথম মুসলমান মেয়র ঠিক কেমন মানুষ?" [Firhad Hakim: Who is this first Muslim mayor of post-independence Kolkata] (in Bengali). BBC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.