Firhad Hakim
Firhad Hakim | |
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Hakim in November 2020 | |
| 38th Mayor of Kolkata | |
| Assumed office 28 December 2021 | |
| Deputy | Atin Ghosh |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Chairman of Board of Administrators) |
| Constituency | Ward No. 82 |
| In office 3 December 2018 – 7 May 2020 | |
| Deputy | Atin Ghosh |
| Preceded by | Sovan Chatterjee |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Chairman of Board of Administrators) |
| Constituency | Ward No. 82 |
| Cabinet Minister Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2021 | |
| Governor |
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| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Ministry and Departments | |
| Preceded by | Suvendu Adhikari (Transport) Chandrima Bhattacharya (Housing) |
| In office 20 May 2011 – 5 May 2021 | |
| Governor | Jagdeep Dhankhar Keshari Nath Tripathi |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Ashok Bhattacharya |
| Succeeded by | Chandrima Bhattacharya |
| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Constituency | Kolkata Port |
| In office 10 November 2009 – 13 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Tapas Paul |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Constituency | Alipore |
| Chairman of Board of Administrators, Kolkata Municipal Corporation | |
| In office 7 May 2020 – 24 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Mayor of Kolkata) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Mayor of Kolkata) |
| Chairman of KMDA | |
| Assumed office July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Debasish Sen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1959 (age 67) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Party | Trinamool Congress (1998–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 1998) |
| Spouse | Ismat Hakim |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Heramba Chandra College (BCom) |
| Other names | Bobby da |
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Firhad Hakim (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian politician serving since 2018 as the 38th mayor of Kolkata. He is also the Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs and Housing in the Government of West Bengal. Hakim is an MLA of the Trinamool Congress party from the Kolkata Port constituency and a member of National Working Committee of All India Trinamool Congress.
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 appointed mayor after Sovan Chatterjee resigned.