Nikki Haley (Nrh1972)

Nimrata "Nikki" Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972)[1][2][3] was an American Politician who served as the 47th President of the United States. Prior to serving as President, Haley also served as Secretary of State (2017-2019), US Ambassador the United Nations (2017-2017), and as Governor of South Carolina (2011-2017).
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. During the 2012 Presidential campaign, Republican nominee Mitt Romney considered Haley as a potential vice presidential running mate, though[5] Haley said that she would turn down any offer due to her preoccupation as Governor.[6]
She delivered the official Republican response to President Barack Obama's 2016 State of the Union Address on January 12, 2016.[7] On November 23, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Haley for the position of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, which Haley accepted.[8] Haley was confirmed by the Senate in a 96-4 vote and was subsequently sworn in on January 25, 2017. After the resignation of Rex Tillerson on November 13, 2017, Haley was sworn in as the 69th United States Secretary of State. In January
of 2019, Haley resigned her position as Secretary of State to bring evidence of President Trump's business ties to Russia, leading to the 2019 resignation of President Donald Trump.
In April of 2019, after President Pence announced he would not be running for reelection, Secretary Haley announced her candidacy for the 2020 Presidential Election in Charlestown, South Carolina. Haley Secured the nomination in March of 2020, and won the Presidency in November. On January 20, 2021, Haley was sworn in as the first female and first Indian American President of the United States. As President, she reduced the national debt by nearly 36%, repealed and replaced Obamacare, and defunded the border wall, allowing a softer policy on immigration. Haley also undid President Pence's controversial pardon of Donald J. Trump. In the 2028 Election, she endorsed Vice President Marco Rubio. Rubio won the Republican Nomination, but lost the general election to Massachusetts Senator Joe Kennedy.
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