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
Succeeded by
Devra Keenan
Personal details
Born
(1983-02-19) February 19, 1983 (age 41)[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 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]
^"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.
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can't protect lives, it should go". Mumbai: The Milli Gazette. Modak, Sadaf (7 October 2010). "Alumni go back to school". Hindustan Times. Retrieved...
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