Liliana Bakhtiari

Liliana Bakhtiari
Member of the Atlanta City Council
District 5
Assumed office
January 3, 2022
Preceded byNatalyn Mosby Archibong
Personal details
Born

Liliana Bakhtiari is a community organizer who placed first in the November 2, 2021, non-partisan election to Atlanta City Council in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. She won the November 30 runoff for District 5.

Bakhtiari was born to Iranian immigrants and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She is non-binary and queer, and uses she/they personal pronouns.

On November 30, 2021, she became the first out queer Muslim elected official from Georgia and is in a non-monogamous relationship with two partners.