Abigail Marshall-Katung has been chosen as the 130th Lord Mayor of Leeds – and she will be the first person of African descent to hold the prestigious title.
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Source: Hayley Coyle, BBC News: 18 January 2024: The new Lord Mayor of Leeds has been announced as Abigail Marshall Katung Ms Marshall Katung said she was “deeply honoured and humbled” to have been elected and that Leeds was a “shining example of unity and compassion”. The Labour & Co-operative Party councillor grew up in
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Source: Nick Corbett, The Pie News: 1 February 2024: A former international student from Nigeria, who settled in the UK after graduation, has been elected as the first African Lord Mayor of the British city of Leeds. Leeds is the UK’s fourth largest city and second largest civic authority serving a population of over 800,000
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