Sadaf Jaffer | |
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 16th district | |
| In office January 11, 2022 – January 9, 2024 Serving with Roy Freiman | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Zwicker |
| Succeeded by | Mitchelle Drulis |
| Mayor of Montgomery Township | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – December 31, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Conforti |
| Succeeded by | Devra Keenan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 19, 1983[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Daniel Sheffield |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Montgomery Township, New Jersey |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Website | Legislative webpage |
Sadaf F. Jaffer (born February 19, 1983) is an American academic and politician who represented the 16th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2022 to 2024. She is a postdoctoral research associate at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.
Jaffer previously served two one-year terms as mayor of Montgomery Township, having taken office on January 3, 2019, and completing her term on December 31, 2020. She is the first woman of South Asian descent to serve as mayor of a town in New Jersey, and the first Muslim woman to serve as a mayor in the United States. Jaffer was first elected to Montgomery's Township Committee in 2017. She did not seek re-election in the 2023 New Jersey General Assembly election for personal reasons.[2]
- ^ "Sadaf F. Jaffer – candidate for Montgomery Township Committee". www.ggcnj.org. October 19, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ Wildstein, David (January 16, 2023). "Jaffer will not seek re-election to Assembly in 2023". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved January 17, 2023.