When Mamdani is sworn in as New York City’s mayor on January 1, the 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens will be the youngest person to hold the office in a century.

Mamdani will also be New York’s first Muslim mayor and the first person of South Asian descent to lead the city in its 400-year history. He will replace first-term Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped out of the race amid low poll numbers and a series of scandals.

Born in Kampala, Mamdani moved to New York at the age of seven. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies from Bowdoin College in Maine. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a housing counsellor, assisting low-income families in preventing evictions.

In the 2020 New York State Assembly election, he was elected from the 36th district, representing Astoria, Queens.

Early this year, he married Rama Duwaji, a 27-year-old Syrian artist based in Brooklyn. Her work has been featured in publications like The New Yorker, The Washington Post and VICE, and she also engages in animation and ceramics.

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