Cherelle Parker was publicly sworn in as Philadelphia's 100th mayor Tuesday afternoon during an inauguration ceremony at The Met in North Philly. Parker will be the city's first woman and Black woman to lead the city.
Parker, along with city councilmembers, city commissioners, sheriff, register of wills and judiciary, took the oath of office as part of a regular Philadelphia City Council session that began at 10 a.m.
Parker defeated Republican David Oh, her former colleague on city council, in November's general election. She captured the Democratic nomination by beating former City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart and former city councilmembers Helen Gym and Allan Domb, among others, in a field in last May's primary.
