Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is an American politician who is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana and the Vice Chairman of the Republican Governors Association.Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to immigrants from India. Prior to entering politics, Jindal studied for a Bachelor of Science in biology and public policy at Brown University from 1988 to 1991 and then a Master of Letters in political science from New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He worked for McKinsey & Company and interned for Representative Jim McCrery of Louisiana. In 1996, Governor Murphy Foster appointed Jindal Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and in 1999 he was appointed President of the University of Louisiana System. In 2001, Jindal was appointed as the principal adviser to Tommy Thompson, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush.He first ran for governor in 2003 and won a plurality in the nonpartisan blanket primary but lost in the general election to Democrat Kathleen Blanco. He then won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 2004 elections. The second Indian American in Congress, he was re-elected in 2006. He ran for Governor again in 2007 and secured an outright majority in the first round of balloting. He was re-elected in a landslide in 2011.
The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they disagree with.
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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. Speech at election night victory party, October 20, 2007.
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Won the gubernatorial race and will begin his term as governor of Louisiana in January 2008. [October 2007]
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Son of Indian immigrants. Only the second Indian-American to serve in Congress.
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Republican governor of Louisiana, 2008 - present.
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Republican Congressman representing the 1st District of Louisiana; term of service: 3 January 2005 - 14 January 2008. Resigned because he was elected governor of Louisiana.
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Graduated from Brown University and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. Turned down admissions to medical and law schools at Harvard and Yale.
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American Horror House
2012
TV Movie special thanks: governor of louisiana
Arachnoquake
2012
TV Movie special thanks
Monsterwolf
2010
TV Movie special thanks - as Governor Bobby Jindal
House of Bones
2010
TV Movie special thanks - as Governer Bobby Jindal
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Hannity
2009-2016
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Himself / Himself - 2016 GOP Presidential Candidate
This Week
2012-2015
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Himself - 2016 GOP Presidential Candidate / Himself - 2016 Presidential Candidate / Himself - Louisiana Governor / ...
CNN Republican Presidential Debate
2015
TV Special
Himself - Candidate (as Gov. Bobby Jindal)
The O'Reilly Factor
2008-2015
TV Series
Himself / Himself - 2016 Presidential Candidate
Face the Nation
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself - 2016 Presidential Candidate / Himself
Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo
2015
TV Series
Himself - 2016 GOP Presidential Candidate
Good Morning America
2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Fox News Sunday
2013-2015
TV Series
Himself - 2016 Presidential Candidate / Himself - Louisiana Governor / Himself
Meet the Press
2008-2015
TV Series
Himself / Himself - 2016 Presidential Candidate / Himself - Louisiana Governor
Duck Dynasty
2014
TV Series
Himself
Special Report with Bret Baier
2014
TV Series
Himself
Your World w/ Neil Cavuto
2013
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Himself
America's Newsroom
2012
TV Series
Himself
Fox and Friends
2005-2012
TV Series
Himself
On the Record w/ Brit Hume
2012
TV Series
Himself
The Big Fix
2012
Documentary
Himself
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Larry King Live
2009
TV Series
Himself
60 Minutes
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - Governor, Louisiana (segment "Bobby Jindal")
When Weather Changed History
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2008
TV Series
Himself
American Morning
2006
TV Series
Himself
Scarborough Country
2005
TV Series
Himself
Hannity & Colmes
2005
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
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Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
TV Series
Himself - Republican Candidate for President
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2016
TV Series
Himself - Commenting on Donald Trump
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself - 2009 Response to Obama Speech / Himself - Commenting on Donald Trump / Himself