Najwa Massad
Najwa Massad | |
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Massad in 2024 | |
| Mayor of Mankato, Minnesota | |
| Assumed office November 6, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Eric Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Najwa Melhem Chalhoub September 20, 1955 Ferzol, Lebanon |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Good Counsel Academy |
Najwa Melhem Massad, née Chalhoub (born September 20, 1955) 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).