Nikki Haley

She served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011, as Governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018. She is a fellow at the Hudson Institute. She is named as a possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination of 2028.

Career

Haley sat in the South Carolina House from 2005 to 2011, was governor from 2011 to 2017 and then U.S. ambassador to the United Nations until 2018. She announced a run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in February 2023, the first woman of colour to seek it. She finished third in Iowa with 19 percent and second in New Hampshire, and suspended her campaign on 6 March 2024 after Super Tuesday, endorsing Donald Trump. In April 2024 she joined the Hudson Institute as a fellow, and she leads the advocacy group Stand for America, created in 2019.

Positions

According to Wikipedia, Haley supports school choice, charter schools and voter identification laws, holds an anti-abortion position and is a strong supporter of Israel. As ambassador she backed the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the exit from the Paris climate agreement and the withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council.

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