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Naheed Kurban Nenshi, leader of Alberta NDP 2024–present, mayor of Calgary 2010–21, business consultant, professor, (born 2 February 1972 in Toronto, ON). Naheed Nenshi was elected mayor of Calgary for three terms, from 2010 to 2021. He was the first Muslim mayor of a major North American city. He was also the first Canadian mayor to be awarded the World Mayor Prize by the British-based City Mayors Foundation. Nenshi was known for pioneering the use of social media in political campaigns. He also promoted civic engagement, completed various large infrastructure projects and guided Calgary’s recovery following devastating floods in 2013. He won the leadership of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) on 22 June 2024. Naheed Nenshi is one of two children of Kurbanali Hussein Nenshi, a small businessman, and Noorjah Nenshi. The couple immigrated to Canada from Tanzania in 1971, a year before Naheed was born. He grew up in Calgary’s Marlborough neighbourhood and attended Queen Elizabeth Hi

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