Overview
- In a January 5 vote, the Cambridge City Council selected Siddiqui to lead the city for the 2026–27 term.
- Engineer Burhan Azeem, an MIT graduate originally from Burewala, was chosen as deputy mayor and is described as the youngest to hold the role.
- Siddiqui first won a City Council seat in 2017 and previously served as mayor across two terms between 2020 and 2024.
- Azeem, the son of Professor Munir Chaudhry, earlier became the youngest councillor in Cambridge and has now begun a second council term.
- Pakistani media highlighted the appointments as a milestone for Pakistani American representation in U.S. local government.