Shraddha Jadhav

Shraddha Jadhav (born c.1964) is a Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai, Maharashtra.

She served as the mayor of the city of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra from 1 December 2009 to 8 March 2012, and as chief of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest municipal body. She was elected to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for six consecutive terms from 1992 to 2017.

Personal life Jadhav originally hails from Sangameshwar in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. She subsequently won the next two BMC elections from the same ward. In 1997, Jadhav joined the Shiv Sena and in 1998, she was selected in the 11-member council of then Mumbai Mayor Nandu Satam. She became the fifth female Mayor of Mumbai, taking office after another female mayor, Shubha Raul, also from the Shiv Sena.

Jadhav has headed the gardens and market committees and also the women and child welfare committees of the BMC. She has been part of the standing and improvement committee. She was one of the 25 finalists for the 2010 World Mayor prize.

Positions held 1992: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (1st term) 1997: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term) 2002: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term) 2007: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (4th term) 2009-2012: Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (5th term) 2017: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (6th term)