BOBBY JINDAL
FORMER GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
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Speech: Thursday, Prime-time program
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PRESENT
CHAIRMAN, AMERICA NEXT
2008-2016
GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
2005-2008
MEMBER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2001-2003
ASSISTANT SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
1996-1998
EXEC. DIR., NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF MEDICARE
1994
M.LITT. OXFORD UNIVERSITY
RHODES SCHOLAR
1992
B.S., BROWN UNIVERSITY
FAMILY
SUPRIYA JOLLY (M. 1997) & THEIR CHILDREN: SLADE RYAN, SHAAN ROBERT & SELIA ELIZABETH
BIRTHDATE
JUNE 10, 1971
A candidate for president in the 2016 Republican primary, Bobby Jindal served as the governor of Louisiana from 2008 through 2016. He is the first Indian American governor in U.S. hisory.
Jindal assumed office in the period between two of the worst natural disasters in Louisiana history. He helped the state continue to recover from Hurricane Katrina (2005) and led the response to Hurricane Gustav (2008), which required the largest evacuation of citizens ever conducted in the United States.
During Governor Jindal’s tenure in office, Louisiana cut government spending by 26 percent, added 90,000 new private sector jobs, and attracted $60 billion in private investment. As the economy improved, the number of people employed and wages reached their highest levels in state history. For the first time in 25 years, more people moved to Louisiana than moved away.
Governor Jindal is also an expert in health and education policy. He served as the president of the University of Louisiana System, and he has also led state and national healthcare efforts, serving as secretary of of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (1996) and assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2001-2003).
Today, Jindal is the chairman of Next America, a policy group he founded in 2013.