Aftab Pureval
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Indian-American attorney to replace Aftab Pureval as Hamilton clerk of courts
As the Hamilton County clerk of courts, Indian-American attorney Pavan Parikh will take over for Indian-Tibetan Cincinnati city mayor-elect Aftab Pureval. Pureval is also the first member of the community to be elected as the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States. Meanwhile, Pureval, a 38-year-old Democrat who is the son of a Tibetan…
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Aftab Pureval elected as Cincinnati’s first Asian American mayor.
Pureval, 38, the son of a Tibetan refugee mother and an Indian father, won the Mayoral election by defeating his opponent David Mann. Pureval, a half-Indian, half-Tibetan immigrant, is seen as a rising political star in the state. After airing advertising with a stuffed duck quacking his name – “Aftab!” – in a campaign reminiscent…
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Son of Tibetan Immigrant Runs for Cincinnati Mayor
Aftab Pureval, the son of Indian and Tibetan immigrants, is running for mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, and if elected, will be the state’s first mayor of South Asian descent. Aftab is the Hamilton County Clerk at the moment, and he has a history of trying to make courts more available to underserved populations. Six candidates…
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Barack Obama Endorses Tibetan-American in Congressional Elections
The former president Barack Obama has openly endorsed the Tibetan American, Aftab Karma Singh Pureval, for the upcoming US Congressional elections in November. His is one of the candidates in the list of 81 candidates endorsed by the former president running for various positions in the November mid-term elections.
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First Tibetan Origin American for US Congress Wins Democratic Primary
The first Tibetan origin to ever contest for the US Congress has won the Democratic primary for the first congressional district of Ohio and is all contest against the gigantic task of defeating a 11-time Republican Congressman. Aftab Karma Singh Pureval, an American of Indian-Tibetan descent has become the first Tibetan origin ever to run for the crucial political…