Susheela Jayapal | |
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| Member of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners from the 2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – November 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Loretta Smith |
| Succeeded by | Jesse Beason |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 2, 1962 Coimbatore, India |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Bradley Miller
(m. 1988; div. 2014) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Maya Jayapal (mother) Pramila Jayapal (sister) |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Susheela Jayapal (born November 2, 1962)[1] is an American politician. From January 2019 to November 2023, she served as a county commissioner for Multnomah County, Oregon, the state's most populous county. She was the first Indian American to hold an elected office at the county level in Oregon.[2]
She is the older sister of U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal and the daughter of Indian writer Maya Jayapal.[3] Jayapal was a candidate for Oregon's 3rd congressional district in the 2024 election, where she lost the Democratic primary to Maxine Dexter.[4][5]
- ^ Salazar, Monica (June 21, 2019). "There Is More Than One Way". The Immigrant Story. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ^ Nakamura, Beth (January 3, 2019). "Jayapal sworn in as Oregon's first Indian American to hold elected county office". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ Brunner, Jim (May 16, 2018). "Politics runs in the family: Rep. Pramila Jayapal's sister wins Multnomah County Commission seat". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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