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 | Coimbatore, India | November 2, 1962
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]
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