Gurbir Grewal
Gurbir Singh Grewal (/ˈɡɜːrbɪər ˈɡreɪwɑːl/; born June 23, 1973) is an American attorney and prosecutor who is currently the Director of the Division of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission. He served as the sixty-first attorney general of the State of New Jersey from January 2018 until July 2021. Appointed by Governor Phil Murphy, he was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on January 16, 2018. He was the first Sikh-American attorney general in United States history. Grewal was formerly the county prosecutor of Bergen County, New Jersey, originally appointed in 2016; he was also the first Sikh American to be named a county prosecutor in the United States. He was the second South Asian to be a state attorney general after California's Kamala Harris in 2011.
Gurbir Grewal | |
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Grewal in 2021 | |
| Director of the Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| Assumed office July 26, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Melissa Hodgman (acting) |
| 61st Attorney General of New Jersey | |
| In office January 16, 2018 – July 16, 2021 | |
| Governor | Phil Murphy |
| Preceded by | Christopher Porrino |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Bruck (acting) |
| Prosecutor of Bergen County | |
| In office January 4, 2016 – January 16, 2018 Acting: January 4, 2016 – January 12, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Chris Christie |
| Preceded by | John Molinelli |
| Succeeded by | Dennis Calo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gurbir Singh Grewal June 23, 1973 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS) College of William & Mary (JD) |