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Zohran Mamdani, 34, made history as New York City’s youngest and first Muslim mayor, and the first mayor born in Africa.

Under Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution, only natural-born citizens are eligible to become president.

A natural-born citizen is defined as someone born on U.S. soil or abroad to at least one U.S. citizen parent.

Zohran Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018, making him ineligible for the presidency. - Advertisement -

His parents are renowned figures — father Mahmood Mamdani, a Ugandan scholar of Indian origin, and mother Mira Nair, an award-winning filmmaker.

Mamdani’s political career began in grassroots activism and community organizing in Queens before he became a state assembly

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