Liliana Bakhtiari

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.^[1]

Liliana Bakhtiari
Member of the Atlanta City Council from Post 5 At-Large
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2022
Preceded by	Natalyn Mosby Archibong
Personal details
Born	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Bakhtiari was born to Iranian immigrants and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.^[2] She is non-binary^[3] and queer, and uses she/they personal pronouns.^[2]

On November 30, 2021, she became the first out queer Muslim elected official from Georgia^[4] and is in a non-monogamous relationship with two partners.^[3]