Magid Magid

Not to be confused with Majid Majidi.

Magid Magid
Member of the European Parliament
for Yorkshire and the Humber
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byAmjad Bashir
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
122nd Lord Mayor of Sheffield
In office
16 May 2018 – 16 May 2019
DeputyTony Downing
Preceded byAnne Murphy
Succeeded byTony Downing
Sheffield City Councillor
for Broomhill and Sharrow Vale
In office
5 May 2016 – 2 May 2019
Preceded byWard created
Succeeded byAngela Argenzio
Personal details
Born (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 (age 35)
Burao, Somali Democratic Republic
CitizenshipBritish citizenship
NationalitySomali
Political partyGreen Party of England and Wales
Residence(s)Burngreave, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Alma materUniversity of Hull
Websitewww.magicmagid.com Edit this at Wikidata

Magid Magid (/ˈmædʒɪd ˈmædʒɪd/, born 26 June 1989), also known as Magid Mah and Magic Magid,[1][2] is a Somali-British activist and politician who served as the Lord Mayor of Sheffield from May 2018 to May 2019. His appointment attracted significant media attention, as he is the first ethnic-Somali, the youngest-ever, and the first Green Party councillor to hold the role.[3][4][5][6][7] In May 2019, he was elected to the European Parliament as Green Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber.[8]

Born in Burao, Somalia, Magid came as a child refugee to Britain in 1994.[9] He grew up in Burngreave, Sheffield, and studied aquatic zoology at the University of Hull where he was elected president of Hull University Union. He has worked in digital marketing and was elected as a Green Party councillor on Sheffield City Council in 2016. From 2017 to 2018, he served as Deputy Lord Mayor, and during this period he participated in the third series of the reality show Hunted.

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  8. ^ Dresch, Matthew (27 May 2019). "Ex Sheffield Mayor Magid Magid who banned Trump from city wins European election". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  9. ^ Magid, Magid; Taylor, Matthew (2018). ""Being young enables me to engage with a younger audience. If they see somebody like themselves who's honest, they feel they can relate to that"". RSA Journal. 164 (4 (5576)): 20–23. ISSN 0958-0433. JSTOR 26798433.