President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
She is the first woman tapped for a top-level administration post during his White House transition so far.
44-year-old Haley is a rising Republican star and daughter of Indian immigrants.
Born as Nimrata ‘Nikki’ Randhawa to Indian immigrants from Punjab, she became the first female governor in South Carolina.
Ms. Haley is the second Asian American to become the Governor of a State after Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
At 44, she’s the youngest current Governor in the U.S.
She is serving her second term.
Ms. Haley would replace Samantha Power as the next US Ambassador to the UN.
She would also be the first ever Indian-American Cabinet rank official in any administration.
About Nikki Haley- Born in 1972 in Bamberg, South Carolina
- Birth Name: Nimrata “Nikki” Randhawa
- Parents: Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa
- Became the governor of South Carolina in 2011, at the age of 38.
- Southern state's first non-Caucasian as well as its first Asian-American governor.
- Second Indian-American governor of a US state, first being former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal
- Won the governorship for the second term in 2015
- Youngest serving governor in USA, at 44
