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Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician and community organizer who has represented New York State Assembly District 36 (Astoria, Queens) since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he won the Democratic primary for the 2025 New York City mayoral election on 24 June 2025, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo in a ranked-choice contest. Early life and education Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, to filmmaker Mira Nair a