Nimarata Nikki Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as Governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 through December 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Haley is the first Indian American to serve in a presidential cabinet. She is a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Wikipedia