American politician and 55th governor of Louisiana (born 1971)
Bobby Jindal
Jindal in 2015
55th Governor of Louisiana
In office January 14, 2008 – January 11, 2016
Lieutenant
Mitch Landrieu Scott Angelle Jay Dardenne
Preceded by
Kathleen Blanco
Succeeded by
John Bel Edwards
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st district
In office January 3, 2005 – January 14, 2008
Preceded by
David Vitter
Succeeded by
Steve Scalise
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation
In office July 9, 2001 – February 21, 2003
President
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Margaret Hamburg
Succeeded by
Michael O'Grady
Personal details
Born
Piyush Jindal
(1971-06-10) June 10, 1971 (age 52) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Supriya Jolly
(m. 1997)
Children
3
Education
Brown University (BS) New College, Oxford
(MLitt)
Signature
Website
bobbyjindal.com
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971[1]) is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party, Jindal previously served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana from 2005 to 2008, and served as chair of the Republican Governors Association from 2012 to 2013.[2]
In 1995, Jindal was appointed secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. In 1999, he was appointed president of the University of Louisiana System. At 28, Jindal became the youngest person to hold the position. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Jindal as principal adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.[3]
Jindal first ran for governor of Louisiana in 2003, but narrowly lost in the runoff election to Democratic candidate Kathleen Blanco. In 2004, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the second Indian American in Congress, and he was reelected in 2006. To date, he is the only Indian American Republican to have ever served in Congress. Jindal ran for governor again in the 2007 election and won. Jindal was re-elected in 2011 in a landslide, winning more than 65 percent of the vote.[3][4] He was the first Indian American governor, and the only one until Nikki Haley became Governor of South Carolina in 2011.[5]
On June 24, 2015, Jindal announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election.[6] He suspended his campaign in November 2015,[7][8] subsequently announcing his support for Marco Rubio.[9] He finished his term as governor in January 2016.
^JonathanTilove (May 6, 2011). "Gov. Bobby Jindal releases his birth certificate". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Archived from the original on May 9, 2011.
^Hamby, Peter (November 22, 2013). "How Chris Christie took over the Republican Governors Association". CNN. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
^ abTaylor, Jessica (June 24, 2015). "5 Things You Should Know About Bobby Jindal". NPR. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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^"Untitled Document". nriinternet.com.
^Fernandez, Manny (June 24, 2015). "Bobby Jindal Enters Presidential Race, Saying 'It Is Time for a Doer'". The New York Times.
^Cite error: The named reference tomlobiancoandjeffzeleny was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Republican Bobby Jindal Drops Out of Presidential Race". ABC News. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
^"Bobby Jindal Endorses Marco Rubio for President". Time. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
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