ARYA RAJENDRAN

Dec. 28, 2020

Arya Rajendran (born 1999) is an Indian politician, who currently serves as the mayor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.

About:

  • Arya won as councillor from Mudavanmukal ward of Thiruvananthapuram corporation at the 2020 Kerala local body elections at the age of 21 and was appointed as the mayor of the corporation which made her the youngest mayor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.

  • The Guinness world record for the youngest Mayor is now held by Michael Sessions, who became Mayor of Hillsdale in the USA at the age of 18 years in 2005.

  • In India, Suman Koli who became the Mayor of Bharatpur in Rajasthan at 21 years in 2009 is one of the youngest.

Source : The Hindu