Sunil Prabhu
| Sunil Prabhu | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Mumbai | |
| In office 9 March 2012 – 9 September 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Shraddha Jadhav |
| Succeeded by | Snehal Ambekar |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Shiv Sena |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Religion | Hindu |
Sunil Prabhu is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena. He was the 74th[1] Mayor of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, and chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest municipal body.[2]
Prabhu started off his career in 1992 as a personal assistant to a senior Shiv Sena leader and a former MLA from Goregaon, Gajanan Kirtikar till 1997.[3] It was on Kirtikar's insistence that he had got a chance to fight the civic elections from Aarey Colony in 1997. Subsequently, he went on to win three civic elections.[4]
References
- ↑ Correspondent, DNA (10 March 2012). "Part 2 of We’ve done it begins in Mumbai". DNA India (Mumbai). Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ↑ PTI (9 March 2012). "Shiv Sena's Sunil Prabhu is Mumbai's new mayor". DNA India (Mumbai). Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ Desai, Geeta (9 March 2012). "Shiv Sena all set to elect new mayor". DNA India (Mumbai). Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ Sayli Udas Mankikar, Sujit Mahamulkar (6 March 2012). "Sunil Prabhu: from personal assistant to city's likely mayor". Hindustan Times (Mumbai). Retrieved 9 March 2012.