Nadia Mohamed

Nadia Mohamed (born ) is an American politician and current mayor of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Mohamed is the first Somali American elected as mayor of a US city.

Mohamed immigrated to the United States with her family as refugees at the age of 10. She subsequently lived in St. Louis Park. She has a bachelor's degree in HR from Metropolitan State University. Her community work in St. Louis Park resulted in her receiving the city's Human Rights Award in 2018. In 2019, at age 23, she was elected to the city council, becoming its youngest-ever and first Muslim member.

The ''Star Tribune'' described her 2023 mayoral campaign as focused on "investment in community policing and programs to make homeownership more affordable." On November 7, 2023, Mohamed defeated retired banker Dale A. Anderson in the municipal election to succeed outgoing Mayor Jake Spano. Endorsed by Spano, she won 58% of the vote.

When the New York Times asked about her political role models, she said she was "more of a Maya Angelou girl....She has long commented on the injustices of the world in a beautiful way." Her political awakening was in 2016 when she was in college. She had only known Barack Obama as President. When Trump ran for President and attacked the Somali community in Minnesota, that led her to reach out to her community in St. Louis Park to connect people. She was asked to consider running for office after that community organizing work. Provided by Wikipedia