Mercy Williams

Mercy Williams (Malayalam: മേഴ്സി വില്ല്യംസ്; – 19 November 2014), a teacher turned politician, was the 16th Mayor of Kochi, Kerala, and the first woman to hold that position in Kochi. A member of the Left Democratic Front, she was elected via an open ballot over opposing United Democratic Front candidate Winnie Abraham by a ratio of 47 to 23 votes among Kochi corporation council members. On the council, Williams represented the municipal corporation's 36th division (Kunnumpuram).

Biography Mercy graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) in Sociology from the St. Teresa's College of the University of Kerala with distinction as first rank holder and gold medallist. She also did a doctoral research paper on the "Renaissance of Kochi City". Mercy worked in the St. Teresa's College, initially as lecturer and headed the Sociology department at retirement in 2005.

She died of cancer at the age of 67. She was buried in the St John The Baptist Church in Palarivattom on 20 November 2014.