Exotica International
| Nikki Haley | |
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| 29th United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
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Assumed office January 27, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Michele J. Sison |
| Preceded by | Samantha Power |
| 116th Governor of South Carolina | |
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In office January 12, 2011 – January 24, 2017 |
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| Lieutenant |
Ken Ard Glenn McConnell Yancey McGill Henry McMaster |
| Preceded by | Mark Sanford |
| Succeeded by | Henry McMaster |
| 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 |
| Personal details | |
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Nimrata Randhawa January 20, 1972 Bamberg, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Haley (m. 1996) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Clemson University (BS) |
Nimrata "Nikki" Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is the 29th and current United States Ambassador to the United Nations. She served as the 116th Governor of South Carolina from January 2011 to January 2017. Before her tenure as governor Haley was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Haley was the first female Governor of South Carolina and the second Indian American, after fellow Republican Bobby Jindal, to serve as a governor in the United States. She delivered the official Republican response to President Barack Obama's 2016 State of the Union Address on January 12, 2016. In 2016 Haley was named among "The 100 Most Influential People" by Time magazine.
Haley was born Nimrata Randhawa in Bamberg, South Carolina, on January 20, 1972, to an Indian American 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. Her father had been a professor at Punjab Agricultural University, and her mother 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. When her father received his PhD degree in 1969, he moved his family to South Carolina, where he accepted 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 a clothing shop, Exotica International, in 1976.
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