Ameya Pawar
Ameya Pawar | |
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| Member of the Chicago City Council from the 47th ward | |
| In office May 16, 2011 – May 20, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Eugene Schulter |
| Succeeded by | Matt Martin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 22, 1980 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Missouri Valley College (BA) Illinois Institute of Technology (MPA) University of Chicago (MS, MA) |
Ameya Pawar (born April 22, 1980) is an American politician who previously served on the Chicago City Council as the alderman for the 47th ward of the City of Chicago. He was first elected in the 2011 municipal elections, and was elected to a second term on February 24, 2015. Pawar's 2015 re-election was secured with over 82% of the vote, the largest margin in the election cycle. Pawar is the first Indian American and Asian American in Chicago City Council history.
He was a candidate for the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois for the 2018 election, but dropped out on October 12, 2017, citing a prohibitive lack of campaign funds. He did not run for re-election to City Council in 2019, and instead was a candidate for City Treasurer of Chicago. He advanced to the run-off in that election, but lost to Melissa Conyears-Ervin.