AKA Piyush Amrit Jindal Born:10-Jun-1971
Birthplace:Baton Rouge, LA
Gender: Male
Religion:Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of Louisiana Won the Louisiana gubernatorial election in 2007, following the retirement ofKathleen Blanco. Served two terms, and ran unsuccessfully for U.S. President in 2015. Lost re-election as Governor in 2015, and was succeeded byJohn Bel Edwards in 2016. Father: Amar Jindal (civil engineer, Exxon employee)
Mother: Raj Jindal (physicist, Louisiana Department of Labor)
Brother: Nikesh Jindal ("Nick")
Wife: Supriya Jolly (m. 1997)
Daughter: Selia Elizabeth Jindal
Son: Shaan Robert Jindal
High School: Baton Rouge High School, Baton Rouge, LA
University:BS Biology, Brown University (1992)
University:MA, Oxford University
Administrator: President, University of Louisiana System (1999-2001)
Governor of Louisiana (2008-16)
US Congressman, Louisiana 1st (2005-08)
US Health & Human Services Department Asst. Secy. for Planning and Evaluation (2001-03)
Louisiana State Official Secretary, Department of Health & Hospitals (1996-98)
McKinsey & Company Consultant
College Republicans Brown University
National Council for a New America Founding Member
Rhodes Scholarship 1994
Converted to Catholicism formerly Hindu
Exorcism Brown University (1990)
Indian Ancestry
Official Website:
http://www.gov.louisiana.gov/
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