吳弭（英語：Michelle Wu；1985年1月14日—），是臺灣裔美國人，民主黨籍政治人物，現任波士頓市長。
吳弭父母來自台灣，她在芝加哥長大並畢業於哈佛大學，其後受其大學時期的導師、現任麻薩諸塞州聯邦參議員伊莉莎白·華倫影響而開始投身政治。她曾於2016年至2018年間擔任市議會議長，後於2021年波士頓市長選舉勝出，成爲該市有史以來首位經選舉產生的女性及非白人市長，及美國東岸首位亞裔市長。
吳弭出生於美國伊利諾州芝加哥市南區。她的祖父祖母老家在北京，外婆是四川人，外公是廣東人，是一位國軍將軍，他們在1949年國共內戰後離開中國大陸移居台灣。吳弭的雙親在台北出生長大，在1980年代移民到美國，不久後父母離異。2003年，她從巴靈頓高中畢業，並獲得了美國總統獎學金到哈佛大學修讀，其後她在2007年取得學士學位，再於2012年獲得同校法學院的法律博士學位。她的母語為華語，同時能說西班牙語。
MICHELLE WU
Mayor
Michelle Wu is the first woman and first person of color to be elected Mayor of Boston. The daughter of immigrants, a Boston Public Schools mom, and an MBTA rider, Mayor Wu believes that the key to solving our deepest challenges lies in building community and embracing possibility.
In her first official act as Mayor, Wu signed an ordinance divesting City funds from fossil fuels, private prisons, and the tobacco industry. In her first week, she worked with the City Council to make three Boston bus lines—which serve predominantly Black and brown neighborhoods—fare-free for two years.
To take decisive action against climate change and improve conditions for Boston Public Schools’ students, teachers, and families, Mayor Wu has launched a Green New Deal for BPS: A district-wide effort to dramatically reduce building emissions, renovate old facilities and construct new ones, and modernize Boston’s education system. And, following the science on the critical role that early childhood plays in determining life outcomes, Mayor Wu has expanded early childhood services—granting thousands more 3- and 4-year-olds access to high quality, culturally-relevant education and care.
In addition to creating a new Office of Early Childhood to oversee these changes, Mayor Wu also established Boston’s first-ever Offices of Food Justice, Black Male Advancement, LGBTQ+ Advancement, and Worker Empowerment. Together, these achievements align Boston’s climate, infrastructure, education, and investment strategies with Boston’s values, laying the foundation for a greener, more efficient, more equitable city for generations to come.
Mayor Wu got her start in public service interning at City Hall under Mayor Tom Menino while studying at Harvard Law School. She is an alumna of the Rappaport Fellows Program in Law and Public Policy, the recipient of the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Award, and was named one of The Boston Globe’s 2021 Bostonians of the Year. Mayor Wu lives in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston with her husband, Conor, and their two boys, Blaise and Cass.
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