Haley with her family: husband Michael, son Nalin and daughter Rena. She said on Twitter that this was her first Christmas card when she announced she would be running for the South Carolina state legislature.
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Haley celebrates with her family after being elected governor of South Carolina in November 2010. She is the first woman and the first person of an ethnic minority to become governor of the state.
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Haley talks to reporters in the US Capitol in December 2010.
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Haley and her family walk back into the South Carolina State House after her inauguration in 2011.
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Haley campaigns for presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2012.
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Haley waves to the crowd during the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013.
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Haley hugs her husband after his Army National Guard unit returned in 2013. Michael Haley was deployed in Afghanistan for a year. He was part of an agricultural team that trained Afghan farmers how to turn their poppy crops into food crops.
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Haley and her husband pose for a photo with Sikh head priest Jaswinder Singh, right, and other officials at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, in 2014. Haley was raised in the religion of Sikh but converted to Christianity in her 20s.
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Haley talks with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal during a White House event for the National Governors Association in 2015. Haley and Jindal are the only two Indian-Americans to serve as governors.
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In June 2015, Haley moves from one television interview to another near the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. It was days after the deadly shooting of nine church members. In the aftermath, Haley called for the Confederate battle flag to be removed from the grounds of the South Carolina State House in Columbia. The shooter, Dylann Roof, had been repeatedly photographed with the flag.
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Haley signs a bill to remove the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds.
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Shortly after his election, Trump tapped Haley to be US ambassador to the United Nations. Here, Haley testifies during her confirmation hearing in January 2017.
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Vice President Mike Pence swears in Haley after her confirmation in January 2017.
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Haley holds up photos of victims of a Syrian chemical attack during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in April 2017.
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Haley sits beside Trump as he hosts UN Security Council ambassadors in 2017.
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Haley and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meet in New York with her British counterpart, Matthew Rycroft, and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in April 2017.
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During a visit to a Syrian refugee camp in May 2017, Haley tours a supermarket run by the Norwegian Refugee Council and partly funded by the United States.
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Haley prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in June 2017.
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Haley and Trump wait for a meeting on United Nations reform in September 2017.
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Haley votes during a UN Security Council meeting in June 2018. A draft resolution, submitted by Kuwait, condemned Israeli violence and called for the "protection of the Palestinian people" in Gaza and the West Bank. The United States vetoed the resolution.
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Trump speaks with Haley while chairing a UN Security Council meeting in September 2018.
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Trump thanks Haley for her work as UN ambassador as they announce her resignation in the Oval Office in October 2018.
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Haley places her hand over her heart during her speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention.
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Haley campaigns with Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc at a diner in Londonderry, New Hampshire, in September 2022. Haley joined several Senate candidates on the campaign trail during the 2022 midterm election season.
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Haley speaks in Charleston, South Carolina, in February 2023, a day after announcing her presidential run. She touted her record in government and laid out her vision for what she described as a "strong America, full of opportunity that lifts up everyone, not just a select few."
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Haley participates in a CNN town hall event moderated by Jake Tapper in Des Moines, Iowa, in June 2023.
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Haley kisses her son Nalin at the Iowa State Fair Grounds in August 2023.
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Haley visits a farm during a campaign stop in Grand Mound, Iowa, in September 2023.
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Haley poses for photos after a Republican presidential debate in Miami in November 2023.
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Haley speaks to supporters at her election night watch party in Concord, New Hampshire, in January 2024. She had just lost the primary to Trump.
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Haley takes the stage at her election night watch party in Charleston, South Carolina, in February 2024. Haley lost the primary to Trump but vowed to stay in the race.
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Haley walks off stage after announcing that she would be suspending her presidential campaign in March 2024.
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