Jamshid "Jimmy" Delshad ( fa, جمشید دلشاد) is an
Iranian-American
Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship.
Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...
politician in the state of California. He became
Mayor of Beverly Hills on March 21, 2007
when he was sworn in by Fred Hayman, and again on March 16, 2010. He is the first
Iranian-American
Iranian Americans are United States citizens or nationals who are of Iranian ancestry or who hold Iranian citizenship.
Iranian Americans are among the most highly educated people in the United States. They have historically excelled in busine ...
to hold public office in Beverly Hills.
Biography
Delshad was born to a Jewish family in
Neyriz. He left Iran in 1959 and came to the United States with his brothers. He studied at the
University of Minnesota
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and received his bachelor's degree from
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it has the second largest u ...
. He started a technology company in 1978.
Political career
In 1998 he became the first
Persian Jew to be elected as president of
Sinai Temple, Los Angeles' oldest and largest
Conservative
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congregation.
In 2003 he was elected to the Beverly Hills city council, and became mayor in 2007.
[Kevin West]
"The Persian Conquest"
'' W'', July 2009 (retrieved October 14, 2009).[Amy Klein]
"The Sinai Century"
''Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
''The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles'', known simply as the ''Jewish Journal'', is an independent, nonprofit community weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community of greater Los Angeles, published by TRIBE Media Corp. ''The Journal'' wa ...
'', May 18, 2006. On March 16, 2010, Delshad began his second one-year term as mayor of Beverly Hills.
[Martha Groves]
"Jimmy Delshad to serve as Beverly Hills mayor for second time"
''Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...
'', March 16, 2010.
References
External links
Official Campaign WebsiteIranian Jew poised to become mayor of Beverly Hills
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American people of Iranian-Jewish descent
Iranian emigrants to the United States
California State University, Northridge alumni
Living people
University of Minnesota alumni
People from Shiraz
Iranian Jews
American Mizrahi Jews
Jewish American people in California politics
Mayors of Beverly Hills, California
Jewish mayors of places in the United States
1940 births
American politicians of Iranian descent
21st-century American Jews