| Name |
Bobby
Jindal |
|
| Birth
Name |
Piyush
Jindal |
| Profession |
Governor
of Louisiana, Politician |
| Date
of Birth |
10th June 1971 |
| Birth
Place |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nationality |
American |
| Ancestral
Place |
Khanpura
, Punjab, India |
| Family |
Father
- Amar Chand Jindal
Mother - Raj Jindal
Brother - Nikesh Jindal
Wife - Supriya Jolly Jindal
Daughter - Selia Elizabeth Jindal
Son - Shaan Robert Jindal
Son - Slade Jindal |
| School |
Baton Rouge Magnet
High School |
| College |
* Honors in Biology
and Public policy from Brown University, Rhode
Island
*Master's
degree in political science from New College,
Oxford. He attended there as a Rhodes scholar |
| Political
Party |
Republican |
| First
Job |
Consultant in McKinsey & Company (consulting firm)
|
| Public
Service entry |
As secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health
and Hospitals (DHH), in 1996 |
| Bobby |
He wanted to be
called Bobby after one of the characters of the
'Brady Bunch' TV serial. The name on his official
records is still Piyush Jindal. |
| Hobbies
|
* playing tennis
* reading
* relaxing with friends
* spending time with his children |
| Religion |
During
his teen years he converted from Hinduism to be
a Roman Catholic. |
| Louisiana
Transition |
As
the governor of Louisiana he has started LouisianaTransition.com
to accept resumes' of people ready to serve Louisiana.
|
| Louisiana
Medicaid program |
As
appointed Secretary, Department of Health and
Hospitals he rescued Louisiana's Medicaid program
from bankruptcy by turning a $400 million deficit
into three years of surpluses totaling $220 million
|
| Policies |
*
Against abortion
* Opposing of stem cell research
* Against same-sex marriage
* supports India to develop
nuclear power for domestic, commercial use
|
| Politics |
* In 1998, he was appointed as executive director
of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future
of Medicare.
* In 1999, he was appointed President of the University
of Louisiana System.
* In 2001, he was appointed by President George
W.Bush as the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation for the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
* In 2003, he resigned from federal post to take
part in Governor Election of Louisiana.
* He lost in 2003 election for Governor of Louisiana.
* He was elected to U.S. Congress, representing
Louisiana’s first district.
* In 2007, he announced his intention to run for
Governor of Louisiana.
* He won the election by 54 percent vote against
the outgoing Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco,
who defeated him in the 2003 Gubernatorial General
Election.
* He defeated 11 candidates to become the youngest
governor. |
| Indian
origin |
* He is the first
American Governor of Indian origin
* He is the second Indian-American
to serve in Congress after Dalip Singh Saund,
a Democrat who represented California's 29th District
from 1957 to 1963.
* He was 'India Abroad Person of the Year'
in 2005.
* He is son of Indian immigrants.
|
| Facts |
* He was chosen
as one of America's top 10 extraordinary young
people for the next millennium by Scholastic Update
magazine.
*His
parents both natives of India moved to Baton
Rouge when his mother received a scholarship
to attend Louisiana State University.
*In
High School he was voted as "most
likely to succeed."
*on
his 16th birthday he started a computer programming
internship at Louisiana
State University,
using skills he'd cultivated on his own through
his passion for computers.
* He
graduated early from Brown University with a
perfect grade point average, earning undergraduate
degrees in biology and public policy. He wrote
two honors theses on the causes of state health
care expenditures, both of which were printed
in medical journals.
*He
turned down admissions to medical and law schools
at both Harvard and Yale. |
| About
him |
Dr
Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican : "The
son of immigrants, Bobby has built a reputation
as a hard worker and dedicated public servant."
Mike Honda, a Democrat from California :
"His success in the political sphere is truly
an inspiring American story." |
| Address |
Will reside in the
following address from January 2008,
Louisiana Governor's Mansion
1001 Capitol Access Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70802 |
| Quote |
My
mom and dad came to this country in pursuit of
the American dream. And guess what happened. They
found the American dream to be alive and well
right here in Louisiana. |
