page_title: Nikki Haley
section_title: Nomination and confirmation
hierarchical_section_title: Nikki Haley / Political career / United States ambassador to the United Nations / Nomination and confirmation
caption_attribution_description: English: It was my privilege to administer the Oath of Office to the new United States Ambassador to the United Nations @nikkihaley.
context_page_description: Nimrata Nikki Haley is an American politician, diplomat, businesswoman, and author who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations. A Republican, Haley was the first female governor of South Carolina, the second Indian-American governor elected in the United States, and the first female Indian-American governor elected in the United States.
  Haley was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, and studied accountancy at Clemson University. First elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2004, Haley served three terms. In 2010, during her third term, she was elected governor of South Carolina and won re-election in 2014.
  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.
context_section_description: On November 23, 2016, then President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Haley for ambassador to the United Nations. On January 20, 2017, President Trump sent Haley's nomination to the United States Senate. It has been reported that President Trump considered Haley for the position of secretary of state, which she declined.
  On January 24, 2017, by a vote of 96–4, Haley was confirmed by the Senate to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The four senators that voted against Haley were senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) Haley is the first Indian American to hold a cabinet level position. Shortly thereafter, she resigned as South Carolina governor, and Lt. Governor Henry McMaster ascended into the governorship of South Carolina.
  Haley was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on January 25, 2017. She met with United Nations secretary-general António Guterres on January 27, 2017, at the UN Headquarters in New York City.
caption: Haley sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on January 25, 2017, Senator Marco Rubio standing to the side
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