Liliana Bakhtiari

Liliana Bakhtiari is a Democrat running for the Atlanta City Council, GA (District 5).

Liliana Bakhtiari was born and raised in Atlanta and is serving their first term as a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing the citizens of District 5. They are the first out queer Muslim elected official in the state of Georgia, and the first openly non-monogamous elected official in US history.

In their tenure on City Council, they have authored legislation providing access to legal counsel for individuals facing eviction, de-criminalizing abortion in the wake of the Dobbs decision, and expanding housing voucher requirements for city funded projects. In 2021, Liliana was named “Person of the Year” by the Georgia Voice and in 2022 they were awarded the “Next Gen Leader of the Year Award” by Out Georgia. And in 2023, Liliana was named a David Bohnett Fellow by the Bohnett Foundation and LGBTQ Victory Institute, providing them with a scholarship to attend the Harvard Kennedy School’s Executives in State and Local Government program. They were also named in Atlanta Magazine’s 500 Most Powerful Leaders in both 2024 and 2025.

Before their election, Liliana served as the Public Affairs Manager of Planned Parenthood Southeast; they lobbied for voting rights with ProGeorgia; they served as a consultant for Echo Market Research as they built out their Social Justice Division; and they collaborated with Partners for Home to establish a hotel program housing our at-risk unsheltered population during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have served on several boards including Lost-N-Found Youth, Victory Fund Campaign Board, PEDS, gloATL, Blue Neighbors Project, and Georgia Equality.

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