President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, to be US ambassador to the United Nations under his administration.
Haley, a rising Republican, was earlier said to be considered for the position of secretary of state.
On Wednesday, Haley, daughter of Indian Sikh parents, said she would be happy to perform the job at a time of enormous international challenges.
“Our country faces enormous challenges here at home and internationally. Last week, President-elect Trump asked if I would meet with him to discuss those challenges, which I was happy to do.
“He has asked that I serve our country as our next Ambassador to the United Nations. Pending confirmation by the U.S. Senate, I have agreed,” Haley, 44, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page.
During the election campaign, Trump and Haley exchanged harshly criticized each other. Haley took issue with Trump’s not being able to condemn Ku Klux Klan strongly enough while the candidate Trump accused Haley of being weak on the issue of illegal immigration.
But the two mended fences when they had a meeting last week in New York as the President-elect began shaping his administration, due to take charge on January 20, 2017.
