Sunil Prabhu is an Indian politician belonging to the

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a Right-wing politics, right-wing to Far-right politics, far-right Marathi people, Marathi Regionalism (politics), regionalist and Hindu nationalism, Hindu ultranationalist political party in India f ...

. He is a member of the 14th

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. He represents the

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Assembly Constituency. He was the 74th

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of the city of

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, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, and chief of

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, the country's richest municipal body.

Early life and career

Prabhu started his career in 1992 as a personal assistant to a senior Shiv Sena leader and MP,

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, until 1997. It was on Kirtikar's insistence that he had gotten a chance to fight the civic elections from

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in 1997. Subsequently, he went on to win three civic elections. However, Prabhu has been voted as the best orator in the civic house on several occasions. He is known for his powerful speeches, especially on financial issues.. He was the leader of the house in BMC for six years.

Positions held

* 1997: Elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (1st term) * 2002: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (2nd term) * 2007: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (3rd term) * 2012: Re-elected as corporator in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (4th term) * 2012-2014: Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation * 2014: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2019: Re-elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly * 2019-2022: Chief whip,Shivsena

References

External links

official twitter account

Shivsena Home Page
* http://m.newshunt.com/india/marathi-newspapers/saamana/mumbai/kostal-rodala-shivasenapramukhanche-nav-dya-sunil-prabhu-yanche-mukhyamantryanna-patr_41493590/c-in-l-marathi-n-saam-ncat-Mumbai {{DEFAULTSORT:Prabhu, Sunil Living people Mayors of Mumbai Marathi politicians Shiv Sena politicians Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019 1969 births

Early life and career

Positions held

See also

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