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List of first women mayors (21st century)
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The following is a list of the first woman to serve as mayor of their respective municipalities.
2000s
- 2000
- Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon, United States
[1] - Alison Grosse first woman elected mayor of the Shire of Maroochy, Queensland, Australia
[2][3]
- Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon, United States
- 2001
- Izalene Tiene, first woman elected mayor of Campinas, Brazil
[4] - Yvonne Brown, first black woman elected mayor of Tchula, Mississippi, United States
- first black Republican woman elected mayor in the state of Mississippi
- Martine Aubry, first woman elected mayor of Lille, France
- Berta Cabral, first woman elected mayor of Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal[5]
- Lauren Fortmiller, first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York, United States
- also the first lesbian mayor of Sag Harbor
- Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio, United States
- Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio, United States [6]
- Ellen O. Moyer, first woman elected mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, United States
- Dubravka Šuica, first woman elected mayor of Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Rosa Russo Iervolino, first woman elected mayor of Naples, Italy
- Ophelia Hoff Saytumah, first woman elected mayor of Monrovia, Liberia
- Sandra Strader, first woman elected mayor of Tupper Lake, New York, United States [7]
- Izalene Tiene, first woman elected mayor of Campinas, Brazil
- 2002
- Dora Bakoyannis, first woman elected mayor of Athens, Greece
- Annika Billström, first woman elected mayor of Stockholm, Sweden
- Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Brigitte Fouré, first woman elected mayor of Amiens, France
- Sekesai Makwavarara, first woman deputy mayor of Harare, Zimbabwe
[8] - Nancy Merse, first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey, United States [9]
- Danica Simšič, first woman elected mayor of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Hilde Zach, first woman elected mayor of Innsbruck, Austria
[10] - Lou Ann Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Brigham City, Utah, United States [11]
- Milada Halíková, first woman elected mayor of Havířov, Czech Republic
- Dora Bakoyannis, first woman elected mayor of Athens, Greece
- 2003
- Catalina Cirer, first woman mayor of Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Asma Chaabi, first female mayor of Essaouira, and the first woman elected mayor in Morocco
- Rosina Hoebes, first woman elected mayor of Swakopmund, Namibia
[12] - Laine Jänes, first woman mayor of Tartu, Estonia
[13] - Josefa Luzardo, first woman mayor of Las Palmas, Spain
- Valentina Matviyenko, first woman mayor of Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Aneesa Mirza, the first woman elected mayor of Ahmedabad, India
- Manorama Dobriyal Sharma, first woman mayor of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India [15]
- Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho, United States [16]
- Rose Garland Thornton, first woman mayor pro tem of Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan [17]
- Lucy Turnbull, first woman Lord Mayor of Sydney, Australia
- Joan Vinton, first woman mayor of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
- Vinton served as interim mayor and was defeated in an election in December 2003 by deputy mayor David Hamilton.[18]
- Angelika Volquartz, first woman mayor of Kiel, Germany
- Catalina Cirer, first woman mayor of Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 2004
- Deborah Cantwell, first woman elected mayor of Lawrence, Indiana, United States
- Maja Gojković, first woman mayor of Novi Sad, Serbia
- Aminata Thiam, probably the first woman mayor of Dakkar, Senegal
[20] - Oumou Sall Seck, first woman mayor of Goundam, Mali
[21] - Dianna Freelon-Foster, the first woman and first African-American mayor of Grenada, Mississippi, United States [22][23]
- Deborah Cantwell, first woman elected mayor of Lawrence, Indiana, United States
- 2005
- Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, United States [24]
- Semiha Borovac, first woman mayor of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Marija-Maja Ćatović, first woman mayor of Kotor and first female mayor in Montenegro
- Andrée Boucher, first woman elected mayor of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
[25] - Dianne Watts, first woman elected mayor of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada [26]
- Janet Mikhail, first woman mayor of Ramallah, Palestine
- also the first woman mayor of a West Bank town[27]
- Violeta Menjívar, first woman mayor of San Salvador, El Salvador
- Mercy Williams, first woman mayor of Kochi, India [28]
- Prof. R Bindhu, first woman mayor of Thrissur, India [28]
- Sheriel F. Perkins, first woman and African American elected mayor of Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
- Theresa Murray, first woman mayor of Poplar, Montana, United States [29]
- Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, United States
- 2006
- Patricia Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States [30]
- Eleni Mavrou, first woman elected mayor of Nicosia, Cyprus
[31] - Ritt Bjerregaard, first woman mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Letizia Moratti, first woman elected mayor of Milan, Italy
- Zenaida Moya, first woman elected mayor of Belize City, Belize
- Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, first woman elected mayor of Warsaw, Poland
- Olga Velazquez, first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana, United States
- Margaret Hornady, first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
- Aissa Kirabo Kakira, first woman elected mayor of Kigali, Rwanda
[32] - Irena Ondrová, first woman elected mayor of Zlín, Czech Republic [33]
- Patricia Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
- 2007
- Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida, United States [34]
- Chen Wei, first woman elected mayor of Pingliang, China
- Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire, United States [35]
- April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, United States [36]
- Sheila Dixon, first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana, United States [37]
- Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States [38]
- Shawna M. Gurgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana[39]
- Lisa Scaffidi, first woman elected mayor of Perth, Australia
- Katrina Shimbulu, first woman mayor of Oshakati, Namibia [40]
- Marta Vincenzi, first woman elected mayor of Genoa, Italy
- Mónica Fein, first woman elected mayor of Rosario, Argentina
- Aurora Villamayor, first woman elected mayor of Angono, Philippines
- Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida, United States
- 2008
- Sylviana Murni, first woman appointed mayor of Central Jakarta, Indonesia
[41] - Elise Partin, first woman elected mayor of Cayce, South Carolina, United States
- Alys Lawson, first woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina, United States [42]
- Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina, United States [43]
- Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia, United States [44]
- Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York, United States
- Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island, United States [45]
- Mary Rossing, first woman elected mayor of Northfield, Minnesota, United States [46]
- Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming, United States [47]
- Wilda Diaz, first woman elected mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States [48]
- Linda Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Suffolk, Virginia, United States
- Jetta Klijnsma, first woman mayor of The Hague, Netherlands
- Helma Orosz, first woman elected mayor of Dresden, Germany
- Blanca Alcalá, first woman elected mayor of Puebla, Mexico
- Sonia Castedo, first woman mayor of Alicante, Spain
- Azra Jafari, first woman appointed mayor of Nili and first woman mayor in Afghanistan
[49] - Eva Habil, first woman elected mayor of Komboha and first woman mayor in Egypt
[50]
- Sylviana Murni, first woman appointed mayor of Central Jakarta, Indonesia
- 2009
- Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, United States [51]
- Maria Teresa Beccari, first woman elected mayor of City of San Marino
- Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States [52]
- Yordanka Fandakova, first woman elected mayor of Sofia, Bulgaria
- Fumiko Hayashi, first woman elected mayor of Yokohama, Japan
- Melissa Johnson, first woman elected mayor of West Jordan, Utah, United States
- Jyoti Khandelwal, first woman mayor of Jaipur, India [53]
- Mia Love, first woman mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, United States [54][55][56]
- Corine Mauch, first woman elected mayor of Zürich, Switzerland
[57] - Stephanie Miner, first woman elected mayor of Syracuse, New York, United States [58]
- Natasha Navas, first woman elected mayor of Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
- Banda Karthika Reddy, first woman elected mayor of Hyderabad, India
- Linda Thompson, first woman elected mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- also the first African American mayor of Harrisburg[59]
- Kimiko Kubota, first woman mayor of Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan [60]
- Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi, United States
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2010s
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2010
- Debbie Amaroso, first woman elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada [61]
- Patricia Ayala, first woman elected mayor of Artigas, Uruguay
- Shari Decter Hirst, first woman elected mayor of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada [62]
- Sara Duterte, first woman elected Mayor of Davao City, Philippines [63]
- Kazumi Inamura, first woman mayor of Amagasaki, Japan
- Patahiyah Ismail, first woman municipal council president of Penang Island, Malaysia
[64] - Katarína Macháčková, first woman mayor of Prievidza, Slovakia
- Selma Nelumbu, first woman mayor of Omaruru, Namibia [65]
- Ana Olivera, first woman elected mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay
- Adriana Peña, first woman elected mayor of Lavalleja, Uruguay
- Tri Rismaharini, first woman elected mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia
- Elaine Trepper, first black woman mayor of Windhoek, Namibia
- Hanna Zdanowska, first woman elected mayor of Łódź, Poland
- Debbie Amaroso, first woman elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
2011
- Ana Botella, first woman designated mayor of Madrid, Spain [66]
- Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States [67]
- Joyce Chepkoech Korir, first woman elected mayor of Bomet, Kenya
[68] - Adelina Farici, first woman elected mayor of Burrel, Albania
- Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana, United States
- also first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana[69]
- Selina Hayat Ivy, first woman elected mayor of Narayanganj, Bangladesh
[70] - Grace Mahosi, first woman elected mayor of Thulamela, Limpopo, South Africa
[71] - Lilian Osundwa, first woman elected mayor of Mumias, Kenya [72]
- Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California, United States
- Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States [75]
- Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California, United States
- also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California[76]
- Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia, United States [77]
- Mercy Wanjiku Kimwe, first woman elected mayor of Muranga, Kenya [78]
- Ana Botella, first woman designated mayor of Madrid, Spain
2012
- Margarita Arellanes Cervantes, first woman elected mayor of Monterrey, Mexico
- Vera Baboun, first woman elected mayor of Bethlehem, Palestine
- Joanna Gash, first woman elected mayor of Shoalhaven, Australia [79]
- Jodie Harrison, first woman elected mayor of Lake Macquarie, Australia [80]
- Halyna Hereha, first woman appointed mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine
- Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia, United States [81]
- Naomi Koshi, first woman elected mayor of Ōtsu, Japan
- Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington, United States [82]
- Alice Patino, first woman elected mayor of Santa Maria, California, United States [83]
- Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California, United States [83]
- Margarita Arellanes Cervantes, first woman elected mayor of Monterrey, Mexico
2013
- Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York, United States [84]
- Alinah Ahmad, first woman mayor of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia [85]
- Priscilla Arhin, probably the first woman elected mayor of Cape Coast, Ghana
- Teuta Arifi, first woman elected mayor of Tetovo, Macedonia
- Mary Ann Arnold, first woman elected mayor of Marked Tree, Arkansas, United States [86]
- Karen Cadieux, first woman mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts [87]
- Usha Chaudhary, first woman mayor of Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India
- Dorine Chukowry, first woman elected mayor of Port Louis, Mauritius
[88] - Renu Dabla, first woman elected mayor of Rohtak, India [89]
- Agnes Delgado-Tolentino, first woman elected mayor of Tagaytay, Philippines [90]
- Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut, United States [91]
- Belen Fernandez, first woman elected mayor of Dagupan, Philippines [92]
- Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, United States [93]
- Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York, United States [94]
- Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut, United States [95]
- Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey, United States [96]
- Soni Koli, first woman mayor of Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, India [97]
- Cecilia Oba Tito, first woman elected mayor of Yei, South Sudan and also the first female mayor in South Sudan
[98] - Olga Rasamimanana, first woman elected mayor of Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York, United States [99]
- Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, first woman elected mayor of Malmö, Sweden
- Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, United States [100]
- Stephanie Uy-Tan, first woman elected mayor of Catbalogan, Philippines [101]
- Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York, United States [102]
- Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota, United States [103]
- Diana Willits, first woman elected mayor of Windsor Heights, Iowa, United States [104]
- Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah, United States [105]
- Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York, United States
2014
- Katari Anuradha, first woman mayor of Chittoor, India [106]
- Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, United States [107]
- Lourdes "Baby" S. Cataquiz, first woman elected mayor of San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines [108]
- Maty Mint Hamady, first woman elected mayor of Nouakchott, Mauritania
[109] - Anne Hidalgo, first woman elected Mayor of Paris, France [110]
- Lisa Helps, first woman elected mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Gültan Kışanak, first woman elected mayor of Diyarbakır, Turkey
[111] - Adriana Krnáčová, first woman elected mayor of Prague, Czech Republic [112]
- Mimoza Kusari-Lila, first woman elected mayor of Gjakova, Kosovo
[113] - Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida, United States [114]
- Sylvia Muzila, first woman elected mayor of Francistown, Botswana
[115] - Shaik Noorjahan, first woman elected mayor of Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India [116]
- Joana Ntaja, first woman elected mayor of Zomba, Malawi
[117] - Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey, United States [118]
- Johanna Rolland, first woman elected mayor of Nantes, France
- Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas, United States [119]
- Liesbeth Spies, first woman mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands (since 15 December 2014)[120]
- Marian Tudela, first woman mayor of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
[121] - Andrea Turčanová, first woman elected mayor of Prešov, Slovakia
- Katari Anuradha, first woman mayor of Chittoor, India
2015
- Zekra Alwach, first woman mayor of Baghdad, Iraq
[122][123] - Gail Ash, first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida, United States [124]
- Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, United States [125]
- Manuela Carmena, first woman elected mayor of Madrid, Spain [126]
- Ada Colau, first woman elected mayor of Barcelona, Spain [127]
- Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jersey, United States [128][129]
- Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas, United States [130]
- Patahiyah Ismail, first woman mayor of Penang Island, Malaysia [131]
- Věra Nechybová, first woman mayor of Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic [132]
- Henriette Reker, first woman elected mayor of Cologne, Germany [133]
- Pravina Thakur, first woman elected mayor of Vasai-Virar, India [134]
- Karen Weaver, PhD, first woman elected mayor of Flint, Michigan, United States [135]
- Zekra Alwach, first woman mayor of Baghdad, Iraq
2016
- Rosalynn Bliss, first woman elected as mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States [136]
- Gabriela Firea, first woman elected mayor of Bucharest, Romania
- Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida, United States [137]
- Yuriko Koike, first woman elected governor of Tokyo, Japan [138]
- Maimunah Mohd Sharif, first woman municipal council president of Seberang Perai, Malaysia [139][140]
- Lily Mei, first woman elected mayor of Fremont, California, United States [141]
- Lani Mercado, first woman elected Mayor of Bacoor, Philippines
- Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States [142]
- Virginia Raggi, first woman elected mayor of Rome, Italy
- Michelle Roman, first woman elected as Mayor of Kingsburg, California, United States [143]
- Rosalynn Bliss, first woman elected as mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- 2017
- Loretta Baker, first woman elected mayor of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia [144]
- Sanyukta Bhatia, first woman elected mayor of Lucknow, India [145]
- Sharon Weston Broome first woman elected as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States [146]
- Tasha Cerda, first woman to be elected Mayor of Gardena, California, United States
- Also the first person of either African American and Native American descent to be elected mayor of Gardena and the first person of Native American descent to be elected mayor in the state of California.[147]
- Tjhai Chui Mie, first woman elected mayor of Singkawang, Indonesia [148]
- Joyce Craig, first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, United States [149]
- Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington, United States [150]
- Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts, United States [151]
- Lyda Krewson, first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri, United States [152]
- Diane Langman, first woman elected mayor of Warfield, British Columbia, Canada [153]
- Anne McEnerny-Ogle, first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington, United States [154]
- Valérie Plante, first woman elected mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada [155]
- Yvonne M. Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts, United States [156]
- Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, Mississippi, United States [157]
- Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon, United States [158]
- Loretta Baker, first woman elected mayor of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
- 2018
- Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States [159]
- Femke Halsema, first woman elected mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands [160]
- Einat Kalisch-Rotem, first woman elected mayor of Haifa, Israel
[161] see: 2018 Haifa mayoral election - Anita Mamgain, first woman mayor of Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
- Hemlata Negi, first woman mayor of Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, India
- Lisa Pasin, first woman elected mayor of Trail, British Columbia, Canada [162]
- Anita Sharma, first woman mayor of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
- Claudia Sheinbaum, first woman elected mayor of Mexico City, Mexico (since 5 December 2018) [163]
- Souad Abderrahim, first woman mayor of Tunis, Tunisia in its first local election
[164]
- Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- 2019
- Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, first woman mayor of Gdańsk, Poland [165]
- Juliana Kaduya, first woman mayor of Lilongwe, Malawi [166]
- Claudia López, first woman elected mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
[167] - Lova Rajaona, first woman mayor of Antanifotsy, Madagascar [168]
- Safiya Hassan Sheikh Ali Jimale, Mayor of Beledweyne, first woman mayor in Somalia
[169]
- Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, first woman mayor of Gdańsk, Poland
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2020s
- 2020
- Ella Jones, first woman and elected mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, United States
- also the first African American woman elected mayor[170]
- Michèle Rubirola, first woman mayor of Marseille, France [171]
- Saleema McCree Thomas, first woman elected mayor of Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago (since 26 August 2020).[172]
- Ella Jones, first woman and elected mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, United States
- 2021
- Nyachek De-tuel, first woman mayor of Bentiu, South Sudan [173]
- Kim Janey, acting mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- also first African American mayor of Boston[174]
- Michelle Wu, first woman elected mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- also first Asian American mayor of Boston[175]
- Nyachek De-tuel, first woman mayor of Bentiu, South Sudan
- 2022
- Honey Lacuna, first woman mayor of Manila, Philippines [176]
- Maila Ting-Que, first woman mayor of Tuguegarao, Philippines [177]
- Dagmar Škodová Parmová, first woman mayor of České Budějovice, Czech Republic [178]
- Pavlína Springerová, first woman mayor of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic [179]
- Honey Lacuna, first woman mayor of Manila, Philippines
- 2024
- Cherelle Parker, first woman mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- also 100th mayor of Philadelphia overall[181]
- Cherelle Parker, first woman mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- 2025
- Arti Bhandari, first woman mayor of Sringar, Uttarakhand, India
- Kalpana Devlal, first woman mayor of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
- Amy Marasco, first woman mayor of Lewes, Delaware, United States [182]
- Arti Bhandari, first woman mayor of Sringar, Uttarakhand, India
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