Malini Gaur

{{short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Malini Gaur

| image =Malini Gaur.jpg

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, India

| residence =Indore

| predecessor2 = Krishna Murari Moghe

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| profession=Politician

| education=Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya

| children=

| spouse={{Marriage|Laxman Singh Gaur|1983|2008}}

| nationality=Indian

| office2=Mayor of Indore

| term_end2 = 2020

| succeeded2 = Pushyamitra Bhargav

| term_start2=February 2015

|term_start1=December 2008

| office1=Member of Legislative Assembly, Madhya Pradesh

| predecessor1=Laxman Singh Gaur

| footnotes =

|constituency1= Indore-4}}

Malini Laxmansingh Gaur is an Indian politician serving as the mayor of Indore. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She became mayor in February 2015 by defeating her nearest rival Archana Jaiswal of Indian National Congress by 2.8 lakh votes. Consequently, she became only the second woman to do so after Umashashi Sharma.{{cite news |title=Malini Gaud becomes second woman mayor of Indore |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/Malini-Gaud-becomes-second-woman-mayor-of-Indore/articleshow/46122092.cms |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=The Times of India |date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227092002/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/Malini-Gaud-becomes-second-woman-mayor-of-Indore/articleshow/46122092.cms |archive-date=27 February 2025}} Her husband Laxman Singh Gaur, was the former higher education minister of Madhya Pradesh who died in a car accident near Dewas in February 2008.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Madhya-Pradesh-minister-dies-in-road-mishap/articleshow/2774664.cms?referral=PM|title=Madhya Pradesh minister dies in road mishap|date=11 February 2008|work=The Times of India|accessdate=14 January 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/indore/indore-mayor-announces-new-departments-hands-over-charge/story-0vw4fmlS7JXkMDRRS2xZ6I.html|title=Indore mayor announces new departments, hands over charge|date=15 March 2015|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=12 January 2020}}{{cite news |date=3 December 2023 |title=Indore-4 Constituency Election Results 2023 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/madhya-pradesh/constituency-show/indore-4 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227091716/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/madhya-pradesh/constituency-show/indore-4 |archivedate=27 February 2025 |accessdate=27 February 2025 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}{{cite news |date=3 December 2023 |title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2023 - Indore-4 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S12207.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227091607/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S12207.htm |archivedate=27 February 2025 |accessdate=27 February 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}