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Jan 20, 1972 Bamberg, South Carolina, United States 52 years old
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
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About Nikki Haley
- Nimrata Haley (née Randhawa, January 20, 1972), known as Nikki Haley, is an American diplomat, businesswoman, author, and politician.
- A Republican, Haley is a former South Carolina state legislator, a former governor of South Carolina, and a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
- She is the first woman to have served as governor of South Carolina and is the second Indian-American (after fellow Republican Bobby Jindal of Louisiana) to have served as a governor in the United States. First elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2004, Haley served three terms in the House.
- In 2010, during her third term, she was elected governor of South Carolina; she won re-election in 2014.
- In 2015, Haley signed legislation calling for the removal of the Confederate flag from the State Capitol.
- She was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016. On November 23, 2016, then President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Haley for the position of United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
- Haley was confirmed to that post by the U.S.
- Senate in a 96 to 4 vote, and was sworn in on January 25, 2017.
- As U.N.
- ambassador, she affirmed the United States's willingness to use military force in response to further North Korean missile tests in the wake of the 2017 North Korea crisis; she also was an outspoken supporter of the nation of Israel.
- Haley stepped down from her position on December 31, 2018. Haley is viewed as a potential future Republican candidate for President of the United States.
