Patricia Hay-Justice will be the next mayor of Croydon, it was announced last night.
The Addiscombe councillor will succeed Councillor Manju Shahul-Hameed for the 2015/16 mayoral year, leader Tony Newman told yesterday's full council meeting.
Coun Hay-Justice, currently deputy mayor, was absent from the meeting after the death of her sister.
She will be formally appointed mayor in May.
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