Nimrata "Nikki" Haley is an American politician who served as United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Haley was the first female governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American to serve as a governor in the United States.