Nikki Haley

Extracted Attributes

• Award

  Irving Kristol Award

• Education

  Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Clemson University

• Ethnicity

  Indian American (Punjabi)

• Full Name

  Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley

• Date of Birth

  1972-01-20

• Place of Birth

  Bamberg, South Carolina, United States

• Political Party

  Republican

• Current Position

  Walter P. Stern Chair at Hudson Institute

Timeline

• Born in Bamberg, South Carolina. (Source: Wikidata)

  1972-01-20

• Began serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives. (Source: Britannica)

  2005-01-01

• Inaugurated as the 116th Governor of South Carolina. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2011-01-12

• Led South Carolina's response to the Charleston church shooting. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2015-06-17

• Confirmed and sworn in as the 29th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-01-25

• Resigned from her position as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018-12-31

• Announced her candidacy for President of the United States. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023-02-14

• Suspended her presidential campaign after Super Tuesday contests. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-03-06

• Joined the Hudson Institute as the Walter P. Stern Chair. (Source: Hudson Institute)

  2024-04-15

Nikki Haley

Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. A Republican, Haley is the first Indian American to serve in a presidential cabinet. She came in second in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries after Donald Trump. Haley joined her family's clothing business before serving as treasurer and then president of the National Association of Women Business Owners. She was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2004 and served three terms. She was elected governor of South Carolina in 2010, making her the state's first female governor and the second U.S. governor of Indian descent, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. During her time as governor, she received national attention for leading the state's response to the 2015 Charleston church shooting. In January 2017, Haley became the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of Donald Trump. As U.N. ambassador, Haley was notable for her advocacy for Israel, her defense of the Trump administration's withdrawal of the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement, and her withdrawal of the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council. She stepped down as ambassador on December 31, 2018. Haley announced her campaign for President of the United States in February 2023. After the Iowa caucuses, Haley and Trump became the only remaining major candidates in the Republican primaries. She campaigned directly against Trump for almost two months. She became the first female Republican presidential candidate to win a presidential primary, and the second woman of color to win a major party nominating contest, after Shirley Chisholm in 1972, with her victory in the Washington DC primary. After losing in all of the Super Tuesday contests, with the exception of Vermont, Haley suspended her campaign on March 6, 2024, and subsequently endorsed Trump. On April 15, the Hudson Institute announced Haley would join the think tank as the next Walter P. Stern Chair.

Web Search Results

• Nikki Haley - Wikipedia

  Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. A Republican "Republican Party (United States)"), Haley is the first Indian American to serve in a presidential cabinet. She came in second in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries after Donald Trump. [...] In January 2017, Haley became the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of Donald Trump. As U.N. ambassador, Haley was notable for her advocacy for Israel, her defense of the Trump administration's withdrawal of the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement, and her withdrawal of the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council. She stepped down as ambassador on December 31, 2018. [...] Haley was born as Nimarata Nikki Randhawa at Bamberg County Memorial Hospital in Bamberg, South Carolina, to immigrant Punjabi Jat Sikh parents from Amritsar, Punjab, India. Before moving to North America, her father, Ajit Singh Randhawa (1933–2024), was a professor at Punjab Agricultural University, and her mother, Raj Kaur Randhawa (1936–2025), received her law degree from the University of Delhi. They had an arranged marriage and moved in 1964 when Ajit accepted a PhD program scholarship

• Nikki Haley | Biography, 2024 Election, & Facts - Britannica

  Nikki Haley (born January 20, 1972, Bamberg, South Carolina, U.S.) is an American politician who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2017–18) in the administration of U.S. Pres. Donald Trump. She was the first woman to serve as governor of South Carolina (2011–17). Haley unsuccessfully sought the Republican Party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential race. ## Early life and entrance into politics [...] Nikki Haley served in South Carolina as a state representative from 2005 to 2011 and as governor from 2011 to 2017. She was the first woman to be governor of South Carolina and the second Indian American governor in the United States. She was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018. ### What did Nikki Haley do as governor of South Carolina? [...] ### What issues did Nikki Haley confront as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations? As U.S. ambassador to the UN from 2017 to 2018, Nikki Haley supported strong U.S.-Israel relations. She regularly denounced North Korea, Iran, and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. She supported the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. Haley ran counter to Pres. Donald Trump with her condemnation of Russia’s election meddling and her support of NATO.

• Nikki Haley: Biography, Politician, U.N. Ambassador

  Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley, better known as Nikki Haley, was born on January 20, 1972, in Bamberg, South Carolina, to Sikh immigrants from Punjab, India. She attended local schools and graduated from Clemson University with a bachelor of science in accounting. Haley went on to work for her mother’s upscale clothing business, Exotica International, helping to make it a multimillion-dollar company. [...] ## Quick Facts > FULL NAME: Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley > BORN: January 20, 1972 > HOMETOWN: Bamberg, South Carolina > SPOUSE: Michael Haley (1996–) > CHILDREN: Rena and Nalin > ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius ## Early Life and Career [...] Skip to Content 1. Famous Political Figures 2. Nikki Haley # Nikki Haley Presidential candidate Nikki Haley served as U.S. Ambassador to the United nations in the Trump Administration. She was governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, the first woman and Indian American to serve in that office. Getty Images We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. > 1972– ## Who Is Nikki Haley?

• [PDF] Ambassador Nikki R. Haley | Congress.gov

  Ambassador Nikki R. Haley Ambassador Nikki R. Haley is the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations and a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet. Prior to her service at the United Nations, Ambassador Haley served as Governor of South Carolina and chief executive of a state government with more than 67,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $26 billion. Under Haley's leadership, South Carolina's economy flourished. Haley visited foreign countries including India, [...] the state. Born in Bamberg, South Carolina, the daughter of Indian immigrants, Haley’s first job was keeping the books for her family’s clothing store —at the age of 13. She is a proud graduate of Clemson University. Haley and her husband, Michael, a Captain in the Army National Guard and combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, have two children, Rena, 18, and Nalin, 15.

• Nikki R. Haley | Hudson Institute

  Nikki R. Haley is the Walter P. Stern Chair at Hudson Institute. She previously served as United States ambassador to the United Nations, as a member of the president’s cabinet, and on the National Security Council. While ambassador, she ensured the American people saw value for their investment, defended US interests, kept our country safe, and championed human rights. [...] Prior to becoming UN ambassador, she was elected the 116th governor of South Carolina. At the time, Governor Haley was the youngest governor in the country and the first minority female governor in America. Under her guidance, South Carolina became a national leader in economic development. Known as the “Beast of the Southeast,” the state’s unemployment rate hit a 15-year-low and her administration secured $21.5 billion in new capital investment, announcing over 85,000 jobs across the state. [...] As ambassador, she traveled the world, visiting people oppressed by their own governments to witness the challenges they face and to work with them on life-improving solutions. Because of her leadership, the UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo held an election that marked the country's first peaceful, democratic transfer of power. For Amb. Haley's work at the UN, Forbes named her one of the world’s 100 most powerful women.

• Award

  Irving Kristol Award

• Image

  

• Gender

  female

• Educated At

  Clemson University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  writer

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  1/20/1972

• Place Of Birth

  Bamberg