1. Aftab Karma Singh Pureval was born on September 9,1982 and is an American attorney and politician serving as the 70th mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, since January 4,2022.
18 Facts About Aftab Pureval
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Aftab Pureval was previously a candidate for Ohio's 1st congressional district in 2018.
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Aftab Karma Singh Pureval was born on September 9,1982, in Xenia, Ohio.
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Aftab Pureval's parents were both immigrants; his father Devinder Singh Pureval came from India, and his mother Drenko was a refugee from Tibet.
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Aftab Pureval was noted to have political ambitions from a young age; he won his first student government election in eighth grade running with the slogan "Big, Brown and Beautiful".
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Aftab Pureval graduated from Ohio State in Spring 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
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Aftab Pureval returned to Hamilton County, Ohio, in September 2012 to work as a special assistant US attorney for the United States Department of Justice.
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In October 2015, Aftab Pureval announced his candidacy for the position of clerk of courts for Hamilton County, Ohio.
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Aftab Pureval told reporters that his goals were to improve efficiency and cut spending, to eliminate partisan politics from the office, and to provide the poor with better access to the justice system.
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On November 8,2016, Aftab Pureval was elected as clerk of courts, beating Winkler by a margin of 18,673 votes.
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Aftab Pureval officially took office on January 3,2017 and immediately made significant reforms and reductions to the office.
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In May 2017, Aftab Pureval's office relaunched the clerk of courts website, adding support for mobile devices.
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In July 2017, Aftab Pureval announced new policies regarding his office's workers.
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Aftab Pureval established a help center staffed by volunteers from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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On January 14,2021, Aftab Pureval declared his candidacy in the 2021 Cincinnati mayoral election.
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In 2022, Aftab Pureval was honored by Gold House.
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In February 2024, Aftab Pureval said he doesn't believe the city should take up a resolution for a ceasefire in the Gaza war.
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Aftab Pureval formerly lived in a house in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Cincinnati that he bought in 2015.