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Ameya Pawar was born on 22 April, 1980 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Ameya Pawar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?

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Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 22 April, 1980
Birthday 22 April
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1947

Ameya Pawar is the former alderman of Chicago's 47th Ward and the first Asian and Indian American elected to the Chicago City Council.

After leaving office, Ameya joined the Economic Security Project as a senior fellow and is working on narrative change efforts around guaranteed income and public options, including public banks.

The 47th Ward encompassed the residence of then-mayor Rahm Emanuel, making the mayor a constituent represented by Pawar.

1980

Ameya Pawar (born April 22, 1980) is an American politician who served as the alderman for the 47th Ward of the City of Chicago.

2011

In 2011, Governor Pat Quinn appointed Pawar to the Illinois Innovation Council.

Pawar is the only elected official on this statewide council.

2012

Ameya is a US State Department Critical Language Program alum, a 2012 University of Illinois Edgar Fellow, and was named to Crain's Chicago 40 under 40 in 2011.

Pawar was listed as a surrogate for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign.

While running for office, he created an iPhone application named Chicago Works.

This app enabled Chicago residents to make service requests from their iPhone.

As of 2023, Pawar is a senior advisor to the Economic Security Project, a nonprofit.

2013

In 2013, Quinn appointed Pawar to the Asian American Employment Plan Council.

2014

In 2014, Ameya co-wrote the textbook, “Emergency Management and Social Intelligence: A Comprehensive All-Hazards Approach.” The book was published by Taylor & Francis.

2015

He was first elected in the 2011 municipal elections, and was elected to a second term on February 24, 2015.

Pawar's 2015 re-election was secured with over 82% of the vote, the largest margin in the election cycle.

Pawar is the first Indian American and Asian American in Chicago City Council history.

2017

He was a candidate for the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois for the 2018 election, but dropped out on October 12, 2017, citing a prohibitive lack of campaign funds.

2018

Most recently, he was named a 2018 McCormick Foundation Executive Fellow.

Prior to leaving office, Ameya chaired the Chicago Resilient Families Task Force.

The task force made recommendations on a city-run guaranteed income pilot.

Ameya is an expert on the connections between disaster planning and response and poverty.

In 2018, Pawar introduced legislation to pilot Universal Basic Income in the City of Chicago.

Pawar was named chair of Mayor Emanuel's Resilient Families Task Force which will explore a universal basic income pilot, modernization of the earned income tax credit, and other policies.

The task force is supported by the Economic Security Project.

On October 29, 2018, Pawar announced his intention to run for Chicago treasurer.

Before deciding to run for treasurer, he had considered running in the coinciding mayoral election.

2019

He did not run for re-election to City Council in 2019, and instead was a candidate for City Treasurer of Chicago.

He advanced to the run-off in that election, but lost to Melissa Conyears-Earvin.

Pawar won 41.59 percent of the vote in the February 26, 2019 general election, forcing a runoff with Melissa Conyears-Ervin, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, who won 44.26 percent of the vote, but had less than a majority of the vote, which led to a April 2 runoff.

Pawar lost again to Conyears-Ervin in the runoff, receiving 40.62 percent of the vote.

A key stance that Pawar took in his campaign was advocacy for the creation of a municipal public bank.

2020

In 2020, Ameya was named a Leadership in Government Fellow with the Open Society Foundations (OSF).

His OSF work will focus on public banking and public options with leading figures and organizations across the country and world.

In addition, Ameya is a senior adviser to The Academy Group, a Chicago-based social enterprise working to break the racial wealth gap, and is a lecturer at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration.He is also a special adviser to the University of Chicago's Poverty Lab.

While in office, Ameya focused legislative efforts around social justice, worker rights, and economic justice.

To this end, Ameya led most all labor policy and worker rights legislation passed in Chicago over the last eight years, including raising the minimum wage to $13/hr., guaranteeing paid sick leave, combating wage theft, and preserving housing for Chicago's most vulnerable.