Amit Shah

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Amit Shah served from 2005 to 2008 as the mayor of the city of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. He is affiliated with the BJP.

Shah is an accountant by profession, and worked at the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank. He is not to be confused with the Gujarat Home Minister, also named Amit Shah [1], who was chairman of that bank, and who led the successful campaign to have his colleague and namesake chosen as mayor, over the other BJP contenders.[1]

In March 2008, Mayor Shah led a delegation of Ahmedabad leaders to Atlanta, Georgia, to formally apply for his city to be a sister city with the Georgia capital.[2] He was succeeded as mayor in April by Kanaji Thakor.[3]

Shah's wife Sudhaben is the chair of the Standing Committee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Lobbying over, BJP names Amit Shah as new mayor." Ahmedabad Newsline, The Indian Express, 2005-10-24, p. 1. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.
  2. ^ "Potential Indian Sister City’s Mayor Signs Green Pact with Atlanta." Trevor Williams, GlobalAtlanta.com, 2008-03-19. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
  3. ^ "Kanaji Thakor is new Mayor of Ahmedabad." Gujarat Global News Network, 2008-04-23. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
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