{"id":"najwa-massad","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/najwa-massad","language":"en","name":"Najwa Massad","name_en":"Najwa Massad","name_ne":null,"description":"Mayor of the city of Mankato, Minnesota","headline":"Mayor of the city of Mankato, Minnesota","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Najwa Melhem Massad, née Chalhoub is a Lebanese-American business woman and politician serving as the 46th mayor of the city of Mankato, Minnesota, since 2018. Massad has been a restaurateur and caterer since the late 1970s in both Lebanon and the United States. She is the first female mayor of Mankato, its first first-generation American mayor as well as its second mayor of Lebanese origin, after Herb Mocol (1975-1986).","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"20 September 1955","date":"1955-09-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123353645#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Ferzol","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12230552"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123353645#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"},{"text":"Lebanon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123353645#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123353645#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1937395"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123353645#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"mayor (since 6 November 2018)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","start":"2018-11-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123353645#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najwa_Massad","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123353645"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Najwa Massad born?","a":"Najwa Massad was born on 20 September 1955 in Ferzol."},{"q":"What positions has Najwa Massad held?","a":"Positions held by Najwa Massad include: mayor (since 6 November 2018)."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/najwa-massad-c4d5d697df.jpg","width":500,"height":646,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Najwa_Massad_flood_damage_(cropped).jpeg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Najwa Massad","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najwa_Massad","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q123353645","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123353645","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Najwa Massad flood damage (cropped).jpeg by Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Najwa_Massad_flood_damage_(cropped).jpeg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Najwa Massad, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Najwa Massad flood damage (cropped).jpeg — Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, Public domain.","cite":"\"Najwa Massad\". DigiNepal. Last updated 9 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/najwa-massad. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-09T08:54:54Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/najwa-massad","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/najwa-massad","ne":null}}