Nicki Haley’s parents’ photos have been circulating on social media. Since she announced that she would be running for president in the coming year, people have been digging into her personal and family life. 

On Tuesday, Nicki Haley officially announced that she would be running for president in 2024. The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador became the first significant challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination.

The announcement was delivered in a tweeted video and included the following message, “You should know this about me. I don’t put up with bullies. And when you kick back, it hurts them more if you’re wearing heels. I’m Nikki Haley, and I’m running for president.”

Get excited! Time for a new generation.

Let’s do this! 👊 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/BD5k4WY1CP

— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) February 14, 2023

Nikki Haley’s political career began in 2004 when she was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Six years later, she became the first woman to be elected governor of the state in 2010 and was the youngest governor in the nation when she took office in 2011.

Who are Nikki Haley’s parents?

Political campaigns, especially presidential ones, thrust the candidate’s family into the public eye. Therefore, parents, an essential part of one’s existence, are at the top of the list of people whose lives are thoroughly scrutinized by the public. 

The famous Republican politician’s parents are Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa. Both of them migrated from Punjab, India, to South Carolina. 

Haley’s mother, Raj, studied law at the University of New Delhi. After moving to South Carolina, she got a master’s degree in education and taught in Bamberg public schools for seven years.

Her father, Ajit, earned a doctorate from the University of British Columbia and was a biology professor at Voorhees College for 29 years before retiring from teaching in 1998.

The Randhawas also operated a foreign goods store in Bamberg that grew into Exotica International, a clothing boutique. Haley helped with bookkeeping as a teenager. 

The store closed in 2008 when Haley’s parents retired after 32 years of operating the business, according to a press release from the company.

Nikki Haley was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa. She has three siblings: two brothers, Mitti and Charan, and a sister, Simran. 

Haley was raised Sikh and converted to Christianity before marrying her husband, Michael Haley, in 1996. 

Nicki has frequently accepted her parents’ Indian ethnicity proudly. She does not shy away from telling people that she is the proud daughter of Indian immigrants. 

Nikki’s parents came to America and settled in a small Southern town. Her father wore a turban, and her mother wore a sari. She was a brown girl in a Black and white world. 

According to her, she and her family faced discrimination and hardship, but her parents never gave in to grievance and hate.

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