When did Zohran Mamdani move to US? All you need to know about new NY Mayor

Zohran Mamdani was elected the 111th mayor of New York, with 50.4% of the votes, beating Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.

Published on: Nov 6, 2025, 24:05:49 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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Zohran Mamdani made history after he was elected the 111th mayor of New York. The 34-year-old got 50.4 percent of the votes, beating former governor Andrew Cuomo, and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.

Zohran Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda. (REUTERS)

After Mamdani's win, he issued a very public message to President Donald Trump and in a recent post on X, thanked the city for its support and noted that it was time to get to work. “Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work,” he wrote.

Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda and later moved to the US. With the spotlight now on the new mayor of New York, here is when Mamdani moved there.

When did Zohran Mamdani move to the US?

While Mamdani was born and raised in Uganda, he and his family moved to New York City when he was seven. Given that Mamdani was born in 1991, he would have then moved to the US in 1998.

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He graduated from the NYC Public School System and went to the Bronx High School of Science. Mamdani also got his Bachelor’s Degree in Africana Studies from Bowdoin College. In 2018, he was naturalized as an American citizen.

What to know about Mamdani taking office

When Mamdani is sworn in on Jan. 1, the 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 hold this position in the city's 400-year history.

Over 2 million people voted in the mayoral race, the most since 1969, as per the New York City Board of Elections. Mamdani won four of the five boroughs, managing the strongest showing in Brooklyn.

“Tonight you have delivered a mandate for change, a mandate for a new kind of politics, a mandate for a city we can afford, and a mandate for a government that can deliver exactly that,” Mamdani told his supporters at the victory party in Brooklyn.

(With Bloomberg inputs)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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