Nikki Haley
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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nominee |
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Taking office TBD |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding | Michele J. Sison (Acting) |
| 116th Governor of South Carolina | |
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Assumed office January 12, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Mark Sanford |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 87th district |
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In office January 11, 2005 – January 11, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Larry Koon |
| Succeeded by | Todd Atwater |
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Nimrata Randhawa January 20, 1972 Bamberg, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Haley |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Governor's Mansion |
| Education | Clemson University (BS) |
| Website | Government website |
| *Pending Senate confirmation | |
Nimrata "Nikki" Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina, since January 2011. Haley is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving from 2005 until her election as governor.
Haley is the first female Governor of South Carolina and at the age of 45, is the third youngest current governor in the United States. She is the second Indian-American, after Bobby Jindal, to serve as a governor in the United States.
Haley delivered the official Republican response to President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address on January 12, 2016.
On November 23, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Haley for Ambassador to the United Nations. On January 20, 2017, President Donald Trump sent Haley's nomination to the Senate.
Haley was born Nimrata Randhawa in Bamberg, South Carolina, on January 20, 1972, to an Indian Sikh family. She was "always called Nikki, which means 'little one,' by her family." Her parents, father Ajit Singh Randhawa and mother Raj Kaur Randhawa, are immigrants from Amritsar District, Punjab, India, where Ajit had been a professor at Punjab Agricultural University and Raj had received her law degree from the University of Delhi. Haley's parents immigrated to Canada after her father received a scholarship offer from the University of British Columbia. After her father earned a PhD degree in 1969, he moved his young family to South Carolina to accept a position as a professor at Voorhees College. Her mother, Raj Randhawa earned a master's degree in education and taught for seven years in the Bamberg, South Carolina public schools before founding her clothing shop Exotica International in 1976.
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