Arya Rajendran S. (born 12 January 1999) is an Indian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

who currently serves as the mayor of the

Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation (തിരുവനന്തപുരം നഗരസഭ) is the oldest and the largest (by area and population) city corporation in the Kerala state of India. It is the municipal corporation that administ ...

. She was elected from Mudavanmugal ward, belonging to

Nemom Nemom is an area in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (formerly Trivandrum). It is surrounded by Thirumala in the north, Malayinkeezhu in the north-east, Balaramapuram in the south-east, Kovalam in the south and Thiruvallam in the west. Nemom fal ...

Assembly Constituency from

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

at the age of 21 and was appointed as the mayor of the corporation which made her the youngest mayor in the country.

Personal life and education

Arya Rajendran is the daughter of Rajendran, an electrician, and Sreelatha, an LIC agent. She did her schooling from Carmel Girls Higher Secondary School, Trivandrum. She is a second year B.Sc Mathematics student at

All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram All Saints' College is an undergraduate and postgraduate women's college located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was established in the year 1964. It is a Christianity, Christian minority educational institution run by the Congregation of Carm ...

. She is married to K. M. Sachin Dev, who is the member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Balussery constituency.

Politics

Arya Rajendran is the state president of Bala Sangham, the Kerala's largest children's organisation. She is a state committee member of Students' Federation of India and also serves as CPI(M)'s area committee member at Chala. She was the candidate of

from Mudavanmugal ward in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, the youngest candidate in 2020 civic body elections at the district. She defeated the UDF candidate Sreekala by 2872 votes. Arya broke the record of Sabitha Beegum who became Kollam Mayor at 23 and

Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (Marathi pronunciation: ��ेवेंद्र फडणवीस born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the 9th and current Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He served as ...

by being the youngest mayor in India. Fadnavis became the mayor of

Nagpur Municipal Corporation Nagpur Municipal Corporation is the municipal body administering Nagpur, in Maharashtra state in Central India. History Nagpur Municipal Council was established in 1864. At that time, Nagpur Municipal Council's geographical area was 15.5 k ...

at the age of 27.

References

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