Sunil Prabhu

Sunil Prabhu
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2014
ConstituencyDindoshi
Mayor of Mumbai
In office
9 March 2012 – 9 September 2014
Preceded byShraddha Jadhav
Succeeded bySnehal Ambekar
Personal details
Born (1969-07-11) 11 July 1969 (age 55)
Political party Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
Shiv Sena
Children1 (Ankit Prabhu)
ResidenceMumbai

Sunil Prabhu is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Dindoshi Assembly Constituency.[1][2] He was the 74th[3] mayor of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, and chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the country's richest municipal body.[4]He got ticket for 4th time from Dindoshi Assembly to contest against Sanjay Nirupam of shivsena in 2024 vidhan Sabha elections.

Early life and career

Prabhu started his career in 1992 as a personal assistant to a senior Shiv Sena leader and MP, Gajanan Kirtikar, until 1997.[5] It was on Kirtikar's insistence that he had gotten a chance to fight the civic elections from Aarey Colony in 1997. Subsequently, he went on to win three civic elections.[6] However, Prabhu has been voted as the best orator in the civic house on several occasions. He is known for his powerful speeches, especially on financial issues. He was the leader of the house in BMC for six years.[7][8]

Positions held

  • 1997: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (1st term)
  • 2002: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term)
  • 2007: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term)[9]
  • 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (4th term)[10]
  • 2012-2014: Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation[11]
  • 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly[12]
  • 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly [1]
  • 2019-2022: Chief whip, Shivsena

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dindoshi Vidhan Sabha constituency result 2019".
  2. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Dindoshi Assembly Constituency".
  3. ^ Correspondent, DNA (10 March 2012). "Part 2 of We've done it begins in Mumbai". DNA India. Mumbai. Retrieved 10 March 2012. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ PTI (9 March 2012). "Shiv Sena's Sunil Prabhu is Mumbai's new mayor". DNA India. Mumbai. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  5. ^ Desai, Geeta (9 March 2012). "Shiv Sena all set to elect new mayor". DNA India. Mumbai. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  6. ^ Sayli Udas Mankikar, Sujit Mahamulkar (6 March 2012). "Sunil Prabhu: from personal assistant to city's likely mayor". Hindustan Times. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  7. ^ "personal assistant to city's likely mayor". highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Sunil Prabhu new Mumbai mayor". thaindian.com.
  9. ^ "Mumbai Matters: BMC Elections 2007 Winners". mumbaimatters.bombayaddict.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007.
  10. ^ "Winners List of BMC elections 2012 |".
  11. ^ "Shiv Sena's Sunil Prabhu is new Mumbai mayor".
  12. ^ "dindoshi election results 2014". elections.in.