SEATTLE, WA - On Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Girmay H. Zahilay of Tukwila, Washington took the oath of office to become the seventh person elected to the position of King County Executive.

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay was sworn into office by U.S. District Court Judge Richard A. Jones in the chambers of the King County Council in Seattle.

Zahilay assumes leadership of more than 18,000 employees and representation of more than 2.3 million people in the 12th largest county in the United States.

He becomes the youngest person ever to hold the office, the first immigrant, the first refugee, and the first millennial. He is also the first person ever elected to the office to live outside of Seattle.

Elected by the voters earlier in November with a nearly 10-point victory, Zahilay ta

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