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Firhad Hakim was born on 1 January, 1959 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is an Indian politician. Discover Firhad Hakim'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 65 years old?

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Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January, 1959
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality West

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Firhad Hakim Net Worth

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1959

Firhad Hakim (1 January 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 38th Mayor of Kolkata.

He is also serving as Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs and Housing, Government of West Bengal.

He is a MLA of the All India Trinamool Congress party from Kolkata Port.

1990

In the late 1990s, Hakim was first elected as a councilor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

2009

Hakim was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 2009.

Two years later, he became a cabinet minister in the Mamata Banerjee ministry.

On 11 November 2009, he was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Alipore constituency after defeating Communist Party candidate, Kaustav Chatterjee by a margin of 27,555 votes in the by-poll.

2011

In the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hakim won from the Kolkata Port constituency as a candidate of the All India Trinamool Congress.

He received 63,866 votes and defeated his nearest rival Moinuddin Shams of the All India Forward Bloc by a margin of 25,033 votes.

Subsequently, he became the Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the first Mamata Banerjee cabinet.

2013

On 3 March 2013, the Ultadanga Flyover (located in East Kolkata) collapsed, leaving three people injured.

Hakim blamed a crack that was detected in the flyover as a reason behind the collapse.

He said that the problem was "not related to maintenance but a technical fault in the bolt system".

2014

In June 2014, he announced that 22 new municipalities would be created in West Bengal.

2016

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Hakim defeated his nearest rival, Rakesh Singh of the Left Front-Indian National Congress alliance by a margin of 26,548 votes.

2017

On 16 June 2017, he was appointed chairman of the Tarakeswar Development Board.

2018

In December 2018, he was appointed mayor following the resignation of the incumbent Sovan Chatterjee.

Hakim's grandfather migrated from the Gaya district of Bihar to Kolkata and started his business.

His father, Abdul Hakim, was a law officer for the Kolkata Port Trust.

He is married to Ismat Hakim.

They have three daughters—Priyadarshini, Shabba and Afsha.

They live in Chetla, a neighborhood of South Kolkata.

He is nicknamed Bobby after the Australian cricketer Bobby Simpson.

Hakim graduated from Heramba Chandra College with a degree in commerce.

He is the organizer-in-chief of the Chetla Agrani Durga Puja committee.

On 20 November 2018, Sovan Chatterjee, then mayor of Kolkata, resigned as a cabinet minister.

Two days later, he resigned from the post of the mayor of Kolkata.

Subsequently, Trinamool Congress announced that Hakim would be their mayoral candidate.

The state government passed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018.

This allows a candidate who is not a member of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to be appointed mayor of the city, provided they are elected to the same within a period of six months.

On 28 November 2018, Hakim filed his nomination.

The following day the Bharatiya Janata Party announced Mina Debi Purohit (former deputy mayor) as their mayoral candidate.

He secured 121 votes while Purohit received five votes; Hakim was elected mayor.

He became the first Muslim since the independence of India to be elected mayor of Kolkata.

On getting elected, Hakim said that "pollution and environment are two areas" on which he would like to work.

He also set up a WhatsApp number, promising to act on complaints received on that mobile number.

Making Kolkata cleaner and greener, ensuring a continuous supply of drinking water to the city, building toilets in slums and making the slums "model residential areas" were his priorities as mayor.

2019

In January 2019, it was announced that Hakim would contest ward no. 82 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

In a by-election, he won the ward and defeated his nearest rival Jiban Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 13,987 votes; Hakim received 16,564 votes.

2020

The term of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation expired on 7 May 2020, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic, elections couldn't be held on time to elect the new councillors of the KMC and was delayed.