Indian-American Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor, and United Nations ambassador, on Tuesday, declared her candidature for president of the US in 2024. She turned the primary Republican to problem former boss Donald Trump, who launched his bid in November. “I’m Nikki Haley and I’m operating for president. It is time for a brand new era of management — to rediscover fiscal accountability, safe our border, and strengthen our nation, our satisfaction and our objective,” Haley stated in a video assertion.

Issues to find out about Nikki Haley:

1) Haley, 51, stated in 2021 that she wouldn’t run in 2024 if Trump did, however modified her thoughts in current months, citing amongst different issues, the nation’s financial troubles and the necessity for “generational change”

2) Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, was the youngest and first minority feminine governor within the nation when she was elected in South Carolina in 2010.

3) She is positioning herself as a changemaker who can reinvigorate a celebration and nation she says have misplaced their approach lately.

4) Born in 1972 in Bamberg, South Carolina, Nimrata “Nikki” Randhawa — a mom of two — rose shortly within the southern state’s politics, serving in its Home of Representatives from 2005 to 2011, when she was elected governor. Her conservative views and outspoken however collegial type had been fashionable in her residence state.

5) Earlier than coming into the presidential poll, she has to win the Republican Get together’s presidential main which is able to begin in January subsequent 12 months. The following US presidential election is scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024.