新泽西州任命 Shirley Emehelu 为副州长兼州务卿：该州首位移民副州长
新泽西州州长 Mikie Sherrill 11月9日在默瑟县州府特伦顿任命 Shirley Emehelu 为新一任副州长兼州务卿，Emehelu 当天在州议会大厦由州最高法院首席法官 Stuart Rabner 监誓就职。
Emehelu 现年48岁，居蒙特克莱尔，是新泽西州自2005年设立副州长职位以来的第五位副州长，也是该州首位移民出身的副州长；此次任命使新泽西州首次由女性同时出任州长与副州长。她将完成前任 Dale Caldwell 的剩余任期至2030年1月。
Emehelu 曾任联邦检察官与州总检察长办公室执行助理总检察长，今年1月起任代理州主计长，9月25日 Caldwell 辞职后转任代理州务卿。她毕业于耶鲁大学与耶鲁法学院，曾任联邦法官 James R. Spencer 的书记员。
依新泽西州宪法，副州长出缺后州长须在45天内任命继任者，11月9日为这一期限的最后一天。（来源：新泽西州州长办公室）
New Jersey Governor Sherrill Appoints Shirley Emehelu as Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill appointed Shirley Emehelu as the state's next lieutenant governor and secretary of state in Trenton, Mercer County, on November 9. Emehelu was sworn in the same day at the State House by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner.
Emehelu, 48, of Montclair, is the fifth person to hold the lieutenant governor's office since it was created in 2005 and the first immigrant to serve in the role. Her appointment makes New Jersey led by a woman governor and a woman lieutenant governor for the first time. She will serve the remainder of Dale Caldwell's term through January 2030.
A former federal prosecutor, Emehelu previously served as executive assistant attorney general of New Jersey. She became acting state comptroller in January and was named acting secretary of state on September 25 after Caldwell resigned. She holds a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Yale University and clerked for Judge James R. Spencer.
Under the New Jersey Constitution, the governor must appoint a new lieutenant governor within 45 days of a vacancy; November 9 was the final day of that window. (Source: Office of the Governor of New Jersey)
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