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{{Infobox officeholder <br />
|office1 = [[Mayor]], [[East Delhi Municipal Corporation]] <br />
|term_start1 = 2012<br />
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|predecessor1 = office established <br />
|successor1 = Anju Kamalkant<br />
|constituency1 = [[Sonia Vihar]] <br />
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'''Annapurna Mishra<ref>{{cite news|title=New Mayor for east Delhi civic agency|date=1 May 2012|work=News Track India|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/05/01/363--New-Mayor-for-east-Delhi-civic-agency-.html|agency=IANS}}</ref> ''' is the first [[Mayor]] of the [[East Delhi Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BJP fields women mayors in three corporations in Delhi|date=27 April 2012|work=[[India Today]]|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-fields-women-mayors-in-three-corporations-in-delhi/1/186254.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/meera-elected-mayor-of-new-delhi-municipal-corporation/992475.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719081751/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/meera-elected-mayor-of-new-delhi-municipal-corporation/992475.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-19 |title=Meera elected Mayor of New Delhi Municipal Corporation |publisher=IBN Live}}</ref> She is the first to occupy the office of mayor after the creation of three new local bodies in [[New Delhi]] after the municipal elections in 2012. She represents the [[Sonia Vihar]] neighborhood in East Delhi as a member of the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Ph.D in Hindi literature from Meerut<br />
Tenure: Second term from Sonia Vihar ward<br />
Hails from: Devariya, MP<br />
Background: From a family of govt employees. Joined politics in her 20s and rose through the ranks.<br />
==Career==<br />
Her work<br />
She launched a ‘tree plantation drive’ and plans to plant one lakh saplings.<br />
She has instructed officials to come up with a list of chargesheeted employees so that they are not posted on sensitive posts.<br />
In June, she organised a ‘Dengue, Malaria Prevention Month’ <br />
EDMC was the first corporation to organise camps for the recovery of property tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Meet-the-troika-of-women-mayors/Article1-918473.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824225311/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Meet-the-troika-of-women-mayors/Article1-918473.aspx |archivedate=2012-08-24 }}</ref> Her son Activist [[Kapil Mishra]] was a prominent member of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] and MLA from [[Karawal Nagar]] who has joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 17 Aug 2019. She has three daughters, her younger daughter Devsena Mishra is an independent writer and IT leader.<br />
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[[Category:Women mayors of places in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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