Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal is an American politician and 55th governor of Louisiana. Born June 10, 1971, in Baton Rouge. Positions held include United States representative (2005–2008), Governor of Louisiana (2008–2016) and secretary (1996–1998). Educated at Brown University and New College. Awards include Rhodes Scholarship.
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- Described as
- American politician and 55th governor of Louisiana (born 1971)
- Other names
- Piyush Jindal, Piyush Bobby Jindal, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal
- Born
- June 10, 1971
- Born in
- Baton Rouge · 1 reference
- Name at birth
- Piyush Jindal
- Citizen of
- United States · 1 reference
- Occupation
- politician · 1 reference; writer
- Positions held
- United States representative (2005–2008); Governor of Louisiana (2008–2016); secretary (1996–1998) · 1 reference; executive director (–1998) · 1 reference; president (–1999) · 1 reference; assistant secretary (2001–) · 1 reference
- Political party
- Republican Party
- Education
- Brown University (–1991) · 1 reference; New College · 1 reference; Baton Rouge Magnet High School (–1988) · 1 reference; University of Oxford (–1994) · 1 reference; Georgia State University College of Law
- Awards
- Rhodes Scholarship (1992) · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Supriya Jindal
- Father
- Amar Jindal · 1 reference
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Lived in
- Louisiana Governor's Mansion; Baton Rouge · 1 reference
- Website
- http://www.bobbyjindal.com
- Wikipedias with a page
- 42
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385396100
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) 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.
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.
Jindal first ran for governor of Louisiana in 2003, but 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. He was the first Indian American governor in U.S. history, and was the only Indian American governor in U.S. history until Nikki Haley became Governor of South Carolina in 2011.
On June 24, 2015, Jindal announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. He suspended his campaign in November 2015, subsequently announcing his support for Marco Rubio. He finished his term as governor in January 2016.
- Born, in its opening lines
- June 10, 1971
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