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Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley〔〔 (born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina. She is currently serving in her second term. A member of the Republican Party, Haley represented Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010.〔("Belles of the South" ). ''Audrey''. April–May 2006.〕 When she entered the 2010 gubernatorial race, Haley gained endorsements for the Republican nomination from former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party movement,〔O'Conner, John (May 14, 2009). ("Rep. Haley announces bid to become state's first female governor" ). ''The State''. (Columbia, SC).〕〔Palin, Sarah (May 14, 2010). ("Shaking it up in South Carolina with Nikki Haley" ). Facebook.〕 to finish first in the four-way Republican primary election on June 8, 2010, with 49% of the vote. Haley won the subsequent June 22 runoff with 65%, and proceeded to win the general election by a 51–47% margin. Haley is the first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina. At the age of , Haley is the youngest current governor in the United States. She is one of two sitting Indian American governors in the United States, the other being fellow Republican Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. She might also be considered the third non-white person to have been elected as governor of a Southern state, after Virginia's L. Douglas Wilder and Louisiana's Jindal depending on whether she is considered "non-white" or not. (Notably, Nikki Haley identified herself as “white” on her voter registration card in 2001.〔("Indian Nikki Haley Says She Is White" ). ''Mother Jones''. July 29, 2011.〕) She also serves as an ex-officio chair of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina during her term in office. In May 2015, she received an honorary doctorate in public service from the University.〔http://www.sc.edu/uofsc/newsreleases/2015/04_may_commencement.php#.VfJBD_lViko〕 On November 4, 2014, Haley was re-elected to a second term as the Governor of South Carolina, a term that will expire on January 9, 2019.〔("Republican Nikki Haley wins governor race in South Carolina" ). ''The Washington Post''. November 4, 2014.〕 ==Early life and education== Haley was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa in Bamberg, South Carolina, on January 20, 1972, to an Indian Sikh family. Her parents, Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa, are immigrants from Amritsar District, Punjab, India. They emigrated to Canada, and arrived in the United States via the Vancouver border.〔 She has two brothers, Mitti and Charan, and a sister, Simran, born in Singapore.〔(Raj Randhawa Takes Her Family Business from Strength to Strength ) – NRI Achievers〕 Haley is a graduate of Orangeburg Preparatory Schools, and Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in accounting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikki Haley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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