Nicolas AbouAssaly is serving his third term as Marion's mayor. He was appointed to Marion City Council in June 2013 to fill a six-month vacancy in Ward 4. He was re-elected to the position the following November. He was elected mayor in Nov. 2015 and re-elected in Nov. 2019 and 2023.

Mr. AbouAssaly is a partner at the Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman law firm in Cedar Rapids and is very active in the Marion community. Prior to serving on the City Council, AbouAssaly was a member of the the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Uptown Marion - Iowa Main Street Community Board of Directors, and numerous community committees. 

He has been on the Corridor Business Journal’s list of most influential people in the Corridor for seven consecutive years, topping the list in 2018 and again in 2020, and was the 2019 recipient of the National Council on Youth Leadership’s Visionary Youth Leadership Award. In 2023 he was recognized as the inaugural Mayor of the Year for cities with more than 2,000 in population by the Iowa Mayors Association.

He is an advocate for progress in Marion and the region.

Nicolas AbouAssaly
1225 6th Avenue
Marion, IA 52302
Ph. 319-743-6305
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