Sokhary Chau

Sokhary Chau
93rd Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts
Assumed office
January 3, 2022
Preceded byJohn Leahy
Member of the Lowell City Council
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
BornCambodia
Residence(s)Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
ProfessionPolitician, Businessman

Sokhary Chauy is a Cambodian American politician. In 2022, the City Council of Lowell, Massachusetts elected him to become the next mayor, becoming the first American mayor of Cambodian descent to hold the position as well as the first in the whole country.

Early life and education

Chauy was born in Cambodia. At the end of the Cambodian Civil War his father was shot and killed by the Khmer Rouge. In 1981 he, his mother, and his seven brothers emigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Lowell. As a child, he attended Lowell Public Schools and Phillips Academy, graduating in 1992.


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