Mumtaz Begum is a former mayor of Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, India. She was Bangalore's

• first Muslim mayor,
• fourth woman mayor,
• 43rd mayor and was elected on 30 November 2005.

She is a three-time corporator of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP)

Bangalore Mahanagara Palike

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike , is the new administrative body responsible for the civic and infrastructural assets of the city of Bangalore, India...

. She represents Shivajinagar Ward, which was part of British Cantonment during the colonial rule. A member of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 party, she was elected as a deputy mayor of Bangalore in 1984, when she contested under the Janata Party

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

platform.