Biography

Michelle Wu (Chinese: 吳弭; pinyin: Wú Mǐ; born January 14, 1985) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, since 2021. She is the first woman and the first person of color to be elected to the position. Being 36 years old at the time, she was also the youngest individual to have been elected to the position in nearly a century.