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Amit Shah served from 2005 to 2008 as the mayor of the city of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. He is affiliated with the BJP. After pursuing his LLB from Gujarat Law Society, Shah fully joined political career. He is municipal Councillor of area called Vasna from 1992 till now. He has been winning Corporation's election with every time biggest margin. Shah is famous for not accepting MLA's ticket from area called Vejalpur, Ahmedabad which is BJP's seat. Shah is an accountant by profession, and worked at the Ahmedabad District Cooperative bank. He is not to be confused with the Gujarat Home Minister, also named Amit Shah (), who was chairman of that bank, and who led the successful campaign to have his colleague and namesake chosen as mayor, over the other BJP contenders.〔"(Lobbying over, BJP names Amit Shah as new mayor )." Ahmedabad Newsline, The Indian Express, 2005-10-24, p. 1. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.〕 In March 2008, Mayor Shah led a delegation of Ahmedabad leaders to Atlanta, Georgia, to formally apply for his city to be a sister city with the Georgia capital.〔"(Potential Indian Sister City’s Mayor Signs Green Pact with Atlanta )." Trevor Williams, GlobalAtlanta.com, 2008-03-19. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.〕 Shah along with commissioner of Ahmedabad I P Gautam participated Dubai international transport award function and Ahmedabad municipal corporation won award for administration of BRTS under Shah's leadership. He was succeeded as mayor in April by Kanaji Thakor.〔"(Kanaji Thakor is new Mayor of Ahmedabad )." Gujarat Global News Network, 2008-04-23. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.〕 Shah was director of BRTS, Sabarmati riverfront project and chairman of AMTS. Shah's elder son Ruchir got married to grand daughter of late Mr. Ashok Bhatt, ex speaker and law minister of Gujarat Vidhansabha. Shah has 2 children, who are based in Ahmedabad. Sunny Shah, younger son belongs to RSS and BJP and he is president of BJYM, Ahmedabad. Shah is currently in charge of BJP Anand district.Shah is Municipal Councillor of Vasna, and a syndicate member in Gujarat University. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amit Shah (mayor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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