Nikki Haley Bio (Wiki) - SnogBlogy

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Who is Nikki Haley?

Nikki Haley is an American politician and philanthropist. Nikki Haley was the 116th Governor of South Carolina. She served in the post of Governor from January 2011 to January 2017.

In addition, she is the first female to be appointed for the post of Governor of South Carolina. On 9th October 2018, she resigns from her post of US Ambassador to the USA.

2019 Nov 2-In her latest move to South Carolina and she ponders politics, check out what Nikki Haley has to say.

Nikki Haley: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

Nikki Haley was born to the parents Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa on 20 January 1972. She is of Indian Punjabi American Sikh ancestry.

She spent her childhood in Amritsar District, Punjab, India. Haley’s real name is Nimrata Nikki Randhawa. Haley’s family shifted to Canada after her father received a scholarship offer from the University of British Columbia.

Later the family migrated to South Carolina. Nikki Haley spent her childhood in South Carolina with her family. Haley’s father was a professor at Voorhees College. Her mother was a teacher in a public school in Carolina and also the founder of  Exotica International.

Nikki Haley has three siblings, two brothers, Mitti and Charan, and a sister Simran. When Haley was 12 years, she began to help in her mother’s clothing shop with bookkeeping.

Furthermore, Nikki Haley’s sister is a radio host and one brother is a retired American Army, and another web designer.

In which school did Nikki Haley attend?

Regarding her education, Nikki Haley completed her education at Orangeburg Preparatory School in 1989. Later she completed her higher level of education from Clemson University in the field of Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Nikki Haley: Career, Service, Profession

Nikki Haley gave a start to her career after her graduation from Clemson University, Haley joined the FCR Corporation which was waste management and recycling company. Later, she resigned from the company to join her mother’s clothing line.

Nikki Haley joined Exotica International in the year 1994, which went on to become a billion-dollar business. Before being elected to the House of Representatives in South Carolina in the year 2004, she was President of the National Association of Women Business Owners.

In addition, Haley gave her name for the  Governor of South Carolina in the 2010 elections as a Republican nominee and won it followed up by the 2014 elections, where she again won in reelection.

Nikki Haley, then governor of South Carolina, signs a bill that removes the Confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds in July 2015.

Later, she had to resign from the post of Governor because she was named as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, announced by the newly elected President Donald Trump.

Awards

For all Nikki Haley’s political works, she got much appreciation and rewards. Haley has received the Leader in Liberty Award back in 2005. Moreover, she has earned Ambassador of the Year, Columbia Chamber, 2015.

In addition, her name was in “The 100 Most Influential People”, Time Magazine in 2016. In the year 2016, Haley was praised by the Global Vision Award, Columbia World Affairs Council.

Nikki Haley: Net worth

As a United Nations Ambassador, Nikki Haley’s salary is approximately $179,600. Currently, Haley has a net worth of $2 million.

Is Nikki Haley involved in any rumors and controversies?

There was a rumor that Nikki Haley was picked as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, the question regarding global warming had arisen.

Whether she agreed or not to the 2012 tweet by Donald Trump stating  “created by and for the Chinese to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive” is “nonsense.” Later, she responded that “President Trump believes the climate is changing and he believes pollutants are part of the equation.”

Her work as an ambassador was loved by everyone including the President of the US. However, on 9th October 2018, she resigned from her post.

Nikki Haley was controversial when the political blogger Will Folks said, she has cheated on her husband and make a physical relationship with him. Although, she denied that and promised that she would resign if any of Folks’ claims proved valid.

Earlier this year Nikki Haley was in limelight for another criticism where she blamed the UN Security Council for refusing to discuss the threat post the Islamic State of Iraq Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in favor of criticizing Israel. Later, she wrote, “the council must end its practice of wrongly singling out Israel for criticism.”

Nikki Haley is a straightforward person and during an annual gathering of media and political types in New York City, she revealed the dark side of the countries where opponents do evil practices like rape, torture, etc. in the name of politics. And says that what is being practiced in the US is not evil as compared to them.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Nikki Haley has a height of 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 60 kg. She is a brunette with dark eyes. Her bra size is 36C. Her body measurements are 38-27-38 inches and her shoe size is 8 (US).

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Nikki Haley has more than 691k followers on her Facebook account, has over 682.8k Twitter account, and over 652k followers on the Instagram account.

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