Nikki Haley Husband: Who is Michael Haley?
Nimrata Nikki Haley born January 20, 1972, is an American diplomat and politician who served as the 116th and first female governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations for two years, from January 2017 to January 2019.
First elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2004, she served three terms.
In 2010, during her third term, she was elected governor of South Carolina, and she won re-election in 2014.
She was the first female Asian American governor, and in 2017 became the first Indian American in a presidential cabinet.
In September 1996, Nikki Randhawa married Michael Haley; they celebrated with both Sikh and Methodist ceremonies.
Who is Michael Haley?
William Michael Haley is a commissioned officer in the South Carolina Army National Guard who served as the First Gentleman of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017. He was the first man to hold the position.
He is the husband of former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
Originally from Ohio, Haley entered a foster home at the age of three and was adopted by Bill and Carole Haley at the age of 4.
Haley and Nikki Randhawa met in 1989 as undergraduates at Clemson University. While Nikki Haley is a Clemson graduate, Michael graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree in business administration. Haley is a graduate of Hilton Head Preparatory School.
Michael and Nikki Haley were married in 1996 in two ceremonies, a Sikh ceremony, and a ceremony at St. Andrew’s by the Sea, the Methodist church in Hilton Head, where Haley’s parents, Carole and Bill, have lived since retiring from jobs in Cleveland, Ohio when Michael was in the ninth grade.
Before retiring to Hilton Head, Bill Haley was director of a steel manufacturing plant and Carole Haley taught school.
