nikki haley

Nikki Haley served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump from January 2017 through December 2018. She was governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, the first female and Indian-American to serve in this office.

Who Is Nikki Haley?

Nikki Haley was born on January 20, 1972, in Bamberg, South Carolina, to Sikh immigrants. The Republican entered politics at a young age, and served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for several years before earning election as the state’s governor in 2010. In addition to becoming the first female governor of South Carolina, she was the first Indian-American to serve in the role, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. In 2016 President-elect Donald Trump picked Haley to become the United States ambassador to the United Nations, a role she served from January 2017 through the end of 2018.

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