Zohran Kwame Mamdani ⁽born October 18, 1991) is an Ugandan-American politician who has served as the 112th mayor of New York City since January 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani served from 2021 to 2025 as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 36th district, representing Astoria, Queens.

Mamdani was born in Kampala to Indian parents, academic Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker Mira Nair. When he was seven years old, after having spent three years in Cape Town, he and his family moved to New York City. Mamdani graduated from the Bronx High School of Science before receiving a bachelor's degree with a major in Africana studies from Bowdoin College in 2014.

Of indian descent (Tanzanian)

Born in Uganda