Mumtaz Begum
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Mumtaz Begum (1956-) is the mayor of Bangalore, India. She is Bangalore's
- first Muslim mayor,
- fourth woman mayor,
- 43rdrd mayor and was elected on November 30, 2005.
She is a three-time corporator of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP). She represents 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 in 1984, when she contested under the Janata Party platform.