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'''Amit Popatlal Shah''' is an Indian politician who served as the [[Mayor of Ahmedabad|mayor]] of the city of [[Ahmedabad]], in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]] from 23 October 2005 to 23 April 2008. He is affiliated with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]. Presently he is a leader of BJP, Ahmedabad.

After pursuing his LLB from Gujarat Law Society, Shah joined politics. He is municipal Councillor of Vasna. He always won Corporation's election by a large margin. Shah is famous for not accepting MLA's ticket from area called Vejalpur, Ahmedabad which is BJP's seat..

==Career==
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 [http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=59297], 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.<ref>"[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=154174 Lobbying over, BJP names Amit Shah as new mayor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309070305/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=154174 |date=9 March 2007 }}." Ahmedabad Newsline, The Indian Express, 2005-10-24, p. 1. Retrieved on 2006-08-10.</ref>

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.<ref>"[http://stories.globalatlanta.com/2008stories/016085.html Potential Indian Sister City's Mayor Signs Green Pact with Atlanta] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014073733/http://stories.globalatlanta.com/2008stories/016085.html |date=October 14, 2008 }}." Trevor Williams, GlobalAtlanta.com, 2008-03-19. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.</ref> 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]].<ref>"[http://www.gujaratglobal.com/nextSub.php?id=3871&cattype=NEWS Kanaji Thakor is new Mayor of Ahmedabad]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." Gujarat Global News Network, 2008-04-23. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.</ref>

Shah was director of BRTS,{{clarify|What does this stand for?|date=November 2019}} Sabarmati Riverfront Project and Chairman of AMTS.{{clarify|What does this stand for?|date=November 2019}} Shah was also president BJP Ahmedabad, under his leadership Bjp won 152 seats in local election.

==Personal life==
Shah's elder son Ruchir married the grand daughter of late Mr. Ashok Bhatt, former speaker and law minister of Gujarat Vidhansabha. Shah has two 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{{when|date=November 2019}} in charge of BJP Anand district. Shah is municipal councillor of Vasna, and a syndicate member of Gujarat University.

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