Sadaf Jaffer

Sadaf Jaffer
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 16th district
In office
January 11, 2022 – January 9, 2024
Serving with Roy Freiman
Preceded byAndrew Zwicker
Succeeded byMitchelle Drulis
Mayor of Montgomery Township
In office
January 3, 2019 – December 31, 2020
Preceded byMark Conforti
Succeeded byDevra Keenan
Personal details
Born (1983-02-19) February 19, 1983 (age 41)[1]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDaniel Sheffield
Children1
ResidenceMontgomery Township, New Jersey
EducationGeorgetown University (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
WebsiteLegislative webpage

Sadaf F. Jaffer (born February 19, 1983) is an American elected official who has represented the 16th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on January 11, 2022. She is a postdoctoral research associate at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.

Jaffer 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]

  1. ^ "Sadaf F. Jaffer – candidate for Montgomery Township Committee". www.ggcnj.org. October 19, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Wildstein, David (January 16, 2023). "Jaffer will not seek re-election to Assembly in 2023". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved January 17, 2023.