Shammas Malik
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Shammas Malik | |
|---|---|
 Malik in 2023 | |
| 63rd Mayor of Akron | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Horrigan |
| Member of the Akron City Council for the 8th ward | |
| In office January 1, 2020 – November 7, 2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1991 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Alice Malik |
| Education | The Ohio State University Harvard Law School (JD) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | www |
Shammas Iqbal Qammar Malik (born April 10, 1991) is an American lawyer and politician who is currently serving as the 63rd mayor of Akron, Ohio since January 1, 2024. He previously served as the city councilor of Ward 8 from January 1, 2020, until November 7, 2023. He was an assistant director of the Akron Law Department from 2016 to 2018.
Malik was born and raised in Ward 8, Northwest Akron, Ohio in a Muslim family.[1][2] He is of Pakistani and Irish descent.[3] His mother, Helen Qammar, was a chemical engineering professor at the University of Akron.[1] In 2009, he graduated from Firestone High School with an International Baccalaureate Diploma.[4] He earned dual bachelor's degrees in political science and international studies from the Ohio State University in 2013.[4] Malik completed a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 2016.[1] During law school, he completed several summer internships in Washington, D.C., including at The Pentagon.[1][4]
