Tulsi Gabbard

Extracted Attributes

• Award

  Meritorious Service Medal

• Parents

  G. Michael (Mike) Gabbard (father), Carol Porter (mother)

• Education

  Hawaii Pacific University

• Nationality

  American

• Date of Birth

  1981-04-12

• Military Rank

  Lieutenant Colonel (U.S. Army Reserve since 2021)

• Notable First

  Youngest state legislator in Hawaii (at 21 years old)

• Place of Birth

  Leloaloa, American Samoa

• Current Position

  Director of National Intelligence (since 2025)

• Military Service Branch

  U.S. Army Reserve

• Previous Political Role

  Hawaii State Legislator (2002-2004)

• Political Affiliation (Former)

  Democratic Party (until 2022)

• Political Affiliation (Current)

  Republican (since 2024)

• Military Service Branch (Former)

  Hawaii Army National Guard

Timeline

• Born in Leloaloa, American Samoa. (Source: summary)

  1981-04-12

• Elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives for the 42nd district, becoming the youngest state legislator in Hawaii's history at age 21. (Source: summary)

  2002

• Enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2003

• Deployed to Iraq as a specialist with a medical unit, earning the Combat Medical Badge. (Source: summary)

  2004-2005

• Completed the officer training program at the Alabama Military Academy. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2007

• Deployed to Kuwait as an Army Military Police officer. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2008

• Received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Hawaii Pacific University. (Source: web_search_results)

  2009

• Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district, becoming the first Samoan American and Hindu American member of Congress. (Source: summary)

  2012

• Began serving as U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. (Source: summary)

  2013

• Began serving as Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee. (Source: summary)

  2013

• Became a major with the Hawaii Army National Guard while serving in Congress. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2015

• Resigned as Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee to endorse Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. (Source: summary)

  2016

• Launched her 2020 presidential campaign, later suspending it and endorsing Joe Biden. (Source: summary)

  2020

• Transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2020

• Concluded her term as U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. (Source: summary)

  2021

• Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. (Source: summary)

  2021

• Left the Democratic Party, becoming an independent. (Source: summary)

  2022

• Joined the Republican Party and endorsed Donald Trump for the presidential election. (Source: summary)

  2024

• Nominated for Director of National Intelligence by Donald Trump. (Source: summary)

  2024

• Confirmed by the Senate as the eighth Director of National Intelligence. (Source: summary)

  2025-02

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard (; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI). She has held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve since 2021, and previously served as U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A former Democrat, she became an Independent in 2022 and later joined the Republican Party in 2024. Gabbard was the youngest state legislator in Hawaii from 2002 to 2004. Gabbard joined the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2003 and was deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005, where she served as a specialist with a medical unit, and received the Combat Medical Badge. In 2007, Gabbard completed the officer training program at the Alabama Military Academy. She went to Kuwait in 2008 as an Army Military Police officer. In 2015, while also serving in Congress, Gabbard became a major with the Hawaii Army National Guard. In 2020, she transferred to the U.S. Army Reserve and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2021. In 2012, Gabbard was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district. She became the first Samoan American and Hindu American member of U.S. Congress. During her tenure in Congress, she served on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She supported the military campaign to defeat Islamic extremism but opposed the U.S. intervention in the Syrian civil war. In her fourth term, Gabbard also served on the HASC Subcommittee on Intelligence, which oversaw military intelligence and counterterrorism. Gabbard launched her 2020 presidential campaign running on an anti-interventionist and populist platform, but dropped out and endorsed Joe Biden in March 2020. Previously, she also served as vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2013 to 2016 but resigned to endorse Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. After her departure from Congress in 2021, Gabbard took more mainstream positions on issues such as transgender rights, border security, and foreign policy. In 2022, she spoke at the conservative CPAC conference and left the Democratic Party. In 2024, Gabbard endorsed Donald Trump for the presidential election and joined the Republican Party later that year. After Trump nominated Gabbard for DNI, her past statements on Syria and the Russian invasion of Ukraine drew criticism from neocons. Many veterans and Republicans defended Gabbard's record, noting her military service and Congressional experience. In February 2025, she was confirmed by the Senate, becoming the highest-ranking Pacific Islander American government official in U.S. history.

Web Search Results

• Tulsi Gabbard - Wikipedia

  Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI). She has held the rank of lieutenant colonel "Lieutenant colonel (United States)") in the U.S. Army Reserve since 2021, and previously served as U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A former Democrat "Democratic Party (United States)"), she became an Independent in 2022 and later [...] Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981, in Leloaloa on American Samoa's main island of Tutuila. She is the fourth of five children born to G. Michael (Mike) Gabbard and his wife Carol (née Porter). In 1983, when she was two years old, her family moved back to Hawaii, where they had lived in the late 1970s. Her mother was born in Indiana and grew up in Michigan, and her father, who is of Samoan and European ancestry, was born in American Samoa; he grew up in Hawaii and Florida. Her name is derived [...] In 2002, after redistricting, Gabbard (then credited as Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo or simply Tulsi Tamayo) won the four-candidate Democratic primary for the 42nd district of the Hawaii House of Representatives with a plurality of 43% of the vote. Gabbard then won the general election with 60.7% of the vote, defeating Republican Alfonso Jimenez. At the age of 21, Gabbard became the youngest legislator ever elected in Hawaii's history, and was at the time the youngest woman ever elected to a U.S. state

• Tulsi Gabbard | Archives of Women's Political Communication

  Tulsi Gabbard is the director of national intelligence for the Trump administration. She previously served as the representative for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District from 2013-2021, the first American Samoan Congresswoman and first practicing Hindu member of Congress. In February 2019, she announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, the first female combat veteran to run for U.S. president. She suspended her presidential campaign on March 19, [...] Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981, in Leloaloa, American Samoa. She received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Hawaii Pacific University in 2009. Her father, Mike Gabbard, has been a member of the Hawaii state Senate since 2006. As a teenager, Gabbard co-founded Healthy Hawaii Coalition (HHC), a non-profit grassroots organization whose mission is to protect the environment and improve individual and community health. [...] In 2002, Gabbard became the youngest person ever elected to the Hawaii state legislature, representing District 42 in West Oahu through 2004. In 2003, Gabbard enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard, completing her basic training between legislative sessions. In July 2004, she was deployed for a 12-month tour in Iraq. In 2007, she graduated from the Accelerated Officer Candidate School at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, where she was the first woman to finish as the distinguished honor graduate in

• 5 things to know about Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's choice for director of ...

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence, a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. READ MORE: Trump selects Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence [...] Gabbard, 43, was born in the U.S. territory of American Samoa, raised in Hawaii and spent a year of her childhood in the Philippines. She was first elected as a 21-year-old to Hawaii’s House of Representatives but had to leave after one term when her National Guard unit deployed to Iraq. [...] Gabbard is a veteran who served for more than two decades but doesn’t have the typical intelligence experience of past officeholders. She left the Democratic Party in 2022 and endorsed Trump earlier this year, becoming popular among his supporters. Here are a few things to know about Gabbard. ## She was the first Hindu elected to Congress

• Tulsi Gabbard - Biography - IMDb

  Iraqi War veteran. U.S. Representative (D-HI) (2013-2021). A practicing Hindu, her first name 'Tulsi' is from the Indian Sanskrit for 'Holy Basil', a sacred plant in Hinduism. She describes herself as a karma yogi. Her ancestry is Samoan, German, and more distant English, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and Cornish. Her Samoan roots are on her father's side. [...] Biography Awards Trivia FAQ IMDbPro All topics Image 3: Tulsi Gabbard ### Biography Tulsi Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981 in Leloaloa, American Samoa. She is a writer and producer, known for This Is Tulsi Gabbard (2021), The Tulsi Gabbard Show (2022) and American Gadfly (2022). She has been married to Abraham Williams since April 9, 2015. She was previously married to Eduardo Tamayo. ### Family [...] Daughter of Carol (Porter), from Indiana, and Mike Gabbard (Gerald Michael Gabbard), who is a Member of the Hawaii Senate since 2006.

• New Evidence of Obama Administration Conspiracy to Subvert ...

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard revealed overwhelming evidence that demonstrates how, after President Trump won the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton, President Obama and his national security cabinet members manufactured and politicized intelligence to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President Trump.

• Award

  Meritorious Service Medal

• Image

  

• Gender

  female

• Educated At

  Hawaii Pacific University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  politician

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  4/12/1981

• Place Of Birth

  Leloaloa

Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer and political commentator who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Gabbard was the first Hindu member of Congress and also the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election, before leaving the party and becoming an independent in October 2022. In 2002, Gabbard was elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives at the age of 21. Gabbard served in a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard while deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was stationed in Kuwait from 2008 to 2009 as an Army Military Police platoon leader. While a member of Congress, she served as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 2013 to 2016, and resigned to endorse Bernie Sanders' campaign for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. During her time in Congress, she frequently appeared on Fox News to criticize the Barack Obama administration for refusing to say that the real enemy of the United States is radical Islam or Islamic extremism. During her presidential campaign, she highlighted an opposition to military interventionism, although she has called herself a "hawk" on terrorism. Her decision to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and her skepticism of claims that he had used chemical weapons gave rise to public disagreement from mainstream Democrats. In March 2020, Gabbard ended her presidential candidacy to endorse Joe Biden, and was succeeded by Kai Kahele in the House of Representatives on January 3, 2021. Gabbard has since taken more conservative positions on issues such as abortion, transgender rights and border security. Gabbard endorsed Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act and was a featured speaker at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). She continued her frequent presence on Fox News, including serving as a fill-in host for Tucker Carlson Tonight and eventually becoming a paid contributor to the network. In October 2022, Gabbard announced that she had left the Democratic Party altogether, citing their positions on foreign policy and social issues as the primary reasons for her departure, and is currently unaffiliated with any party. She followed her announcement by endorsing and campaigning for numerous Republican candidates in that year's midterm elections.