Sokhary Chau
Sokhary Chau | |
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93rd Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts | |
Assumed office January 3, 2022 | |
Preceded by | John Leahy |
Member of the Lowell City Council | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Cambodia |
Residence(s) | Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Profession | Politician, 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.
- Mayors of Lowell, Massachusetts
- Lowell, Massachusetts City Council members
- American people of Cambodian descent
- Asian-American people in Massachusetts politics
- American mayors of Asian descent
- Cambodian emigrants to the United States
- Politicians from Lowell, Massachusetts
- Living people
- Massachusetts mayor stubs