Indian American Nikki Haley to be Trump's governor to UN

November 23, 2016 17:24

South Carolina's Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley has accepted President-elect Donald Trump's offer to serve as US ambassador to the United Nations, a leading American newspaper has reported today.

The move, which will be announced later today, comes as Trump advisers are seeking to diversify his ranks and marks his first female appointment to a cabinet-level post, The Washington Post reported.

CNN.com too has reported that 'President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be the US ambassador to the United Nations,' quoting a source 'familiar with the decision'.

Trump's plan to offer the job to 44-year-old Haley, a rising Republican star and daughter of Indian immigrants, was first reported by the Post and Courier.

"The move, expected Wednesday, continues the steep political rise of the daughter of Indian immigrants that started six years ago when the Bamberg native was elected as South Carolina's first female and minority governor," the leading newspaper of South Carolina had said.

Haley, who is serving her second term, has worked on trade and labour issues as governor but brings little foreign policy experience. Her views on various US military and national security matters usually fall within the Republican Party's hawkish mainstream.

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