By Marijke Friedman, Sam Gauntt and Natalie Weger

Prince George’s County leadership has gone through a shakeup this month.

Former county executive Angela Alsobrooks’ departure to the U.S. Senate last fall triggered a series of special elections and appointments to fill several top county positions.

Here’s a look at some of the recent changes in Prince George’s County leadership.

County executive

Aisha Braveboy, who served as the county’s former state’s attorney, was officially sworn in as county executive on Wednesday.

Surrounded by a large crowd at the University of Maryland, Braveboy emphasized the importance of holding her public swearing-in ceremony on Juneteenth. She spoke about unifying the county and hearing from residents at regular town halls.

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“I look forward to leading, to being the voice. But I also look forward to getting the input from those who I lead,” she said to the crowd. “That is who I am as a leader.”

Braveboy, a university alum who succeeds Alsobrooks, served as a Maryland state delegate from 2007 to 2015.

State’s attorney

It’s from one vacancy to another for Tara Jackson.

Jackson, who previously served as the interim county executive following Alsobrooks’ departure, will now serve as Prince George’s County’s state’s attorney.

She replaces Braveboy, who was elected county executive in a special election earlier this month.

For Jackson, the appointment also marks her return to the office. She began her career as a county prosecutor and served as principal deputy state’s attorney.

PGCPS superintendent 

Braveboy selected Shawn Joseph as the interim superintendent of Prince George’s County Public Schools nearly a week before she was sworn in as county executive.

Joseph was a deputy superintendent in PGCPS from 2014 to 2016. Most recently, he taught at Howard University and led the school’s Urban Superintendents Academy.

This will not be Joseph’s first time running a school system. He has previously led districts in Tennessee and Delaware.

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The school system needed a new leader after the Board of Education and then-Superintendent Millard House II reached an agreement earlier this month that House should step down.

Police chief 

Marking another addition to her flurry of early-tenure appointments, Braveboy named George Nader on Wednesday as the next chief of the Prince George’s County Police Department.

Nader worked as an assistant chief with the Metro Transit Police Department in Washington, D.C. since 2016, and also served as a deputy chief for the county’s police department.

He replaces Malik Aziz, who had led the department since 2021. On June 11, Aziz was announced as one of three finalists to take over the Phoenix Police Department.

The Phoenix Police Department will announce the selection of its next police chief in July, it said in a statement earlier this month.