Bobby Jindal

A Representative from Louisiana. Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. , June 10, 1971. Graduated from Baton Rouge High School, Baton Rouge, La. , 1988. B. S. , Brown University, Providence, R. I. , 1991. M. Litt. , Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1994. Secretary, Louisiana department of health and hospitals 1996-1998. Appointed executive director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, 1998. President, University of Louisiana system, Baton Rouge, La. , 1999. Appointed assistant secretary for planning and evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush on March 7, 2001. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Louisiana in 2003. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the succeeding Congress until his resignation on January 14, 2008 (January 3, 2005-January 14, 2008). Governor of Louisiana, 2008-2016.