Two months after making history as America's first Somali-American elected mayor by voters, 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed is sworn in as mayor.
She was sworn in at the city council of St. Louis Park in the US state of Minnesota.
Ms Mohamed secured 58% of the vote to win last November's mayoral poll.
Nadia Mohammed is the youngest and the first Muslim and black elected mayor in the city, whose family moved to Minnesota from Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp when she was 10, after fleeing war in Somalia.
Her family migrated to Kenya after the civil war in Somalia, and she lived in the Kakuma refugee camp until she was about 10.
"Well, my identity is one part of my story, right? I am proud of everything that I am, but I don't want that to be the only story. I don't want that to [be] where people stop their conversation," Ms Mohamed told Minneapolis-based KARE TV station after her election.
She has listed public safety and affordable housing as some of the key issues she intends to tackle as mayor.
She was elected to the city's council in 2019 at 23.
In 2021, Deqa Dhalac was appointed the first Somali-American mayor by the councillors of the city of South Portland in the state of Maine.
Ms Mohamed, however, is the first Somali-American mayor to be elected by the public.
In her celebratory post after the win, Nadia thanked the city, citing, “ I have no words tonight other than thank you! Thank you, St. Louis Park for placing your trust and faith in me.”
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