Person

Nikki Haley

Acting

Known for: Acting
Born: Jan 20, 1972
From: Bamberg County, South Carolina, USA

Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. A Republican, Haley is the first Indian American to serve in a presidential cabinet. She came in second in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries after Donald Trump.