Zohran Mamdani is an American politician who is the mayor-elect of New York City. He wants to increase the city’s minimum wage to $30 by 2030.
He also supports higher taxes on big companies and wealthy people to help pay for free college at CUNY and SUNY, universal childcare, and free public transportation.
Wife, Parents & Children
According to the reports, he is married now. In 2021, he met animator and illustrator Rama Duwaji through the dating app Hinge. They got engaged in October 2024 and were officially married in February 2025. He did not have any children.
He was born to his Indian parents. His father’s name is Mr. Mahmood Mamdani, and his mother’s name is Mrs. Mira Nair. He is the only child of his parents.
Net Worth, Ethnicity & Religion
According to the reports, his current net worth is approximately $200,000 ( ₹1.71 crore) as of 2025 from all of his income sources (source). He is of mixed ethnicity.
His parents have Indian roots—his mother is a Punjabi Hindu from Rourkela who grew up in Bhubaneswar, and his father is a Gujarati Muslim born in Bombay who was raised mostly in Uganda. His religious faith is in the Muslim religion.
Early Life & Educational Details
His real name is Zohran Kwame Mamdani. He was born on 18 October 1991 in Kampala, Uganda. He is 34 years old as of 2025. His father gave him the middle name Kwame to honor Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah.
He lived in Kampala until age five, then moved with his family to Cape Town, South Africa, where he studied at St. George’s Grammar School while his father taught African studies at the University of Cape Town.
When he was seven, his family moved to New York City and lived in Morningside Heights. He studied at the Bank Street School for Children on the Upper West Side and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 2010.
He went to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, where he helped start the campus group Students for Justice in Palestine. He graduated in 2014 with a degree in Africana studies.
Career Details
After working as a housing counselor and hip-hop artist, Mamdani got involved in New York City politics, managing campaigns for Khader El-Yateem and Ross Barkan.
In 2020, he won a seat in the New York State Assembly by defeating longtime member Aravella Simotas. He was re-elected without any challengers in 2022 and 2024.
In October 2024, he announced he was running for New York City mayor in the 2025 election. He surprised many by winning the Democratic primary against Andrew Cuomo.
He is New York City’s first Indian American and Muslim mayor-elect, the second democratic socialist after David Dinkins, and the first Millennial to hold this position.
In early November, President Donald Trump warned that federal funding for New York City could be cut if Mamdani won. He was elected mayor on November 4, 2025.
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