New Delhi gets a new Chief minister

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43 year old, Atishi Marlena from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be the new Chief Minister of New Delhi.

She will replace the AAP supremo and party chief Arvind Kejriwal

About Atishi Marlena

• Born to Delhi University professors Vijay Singh and Tripta Wahi on June 8, 1981, Atishi Marlena is a Delhi resident.
• She compled her primary education from Springdales School in New Delhi and earned a Bachelor’s degree in History from St. Stephen’s College.
• Later, she completed her Master’s in the same field from Oxford University and a second master’s in 2005, from Oxford’s Magdalen College as a Rhodes Scholar.
• Later joined AAP.

Her Political Journey

• She is one of thesenior leader of the AAP.
• She started hercareer in social activities as a member of theparty’s Manifesto Drafting Committee.
• She played an important role in shaping the party’s policies on education, grievance redressal via Mohalla Sabhas etc.
• She served as theChairman of the Public Accounts Committeeand was involved with several other committees, including those focused onWomen and Child Welfare, Minority Welfare, and Education.
• She is theMLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) from Kalkajiin New Delhi.
• Atishi holds multiple critical portfolios, includingfinance, water, education and others, reflecting her significant role within Delhi Cabinet.

She willsucceed the Arvind Kejriwalwho was the CM of AAP in Delhi since they have won in Delhi Assembly Election.

She will be thethird women chief minister of Delhiafter Sheila Dikshit and Sushma Swaraj.

She will also be thesecond current women chief ministerin the country, following West Bengal’s CM Mamata Banerjee.