Michael Haley (South Carolina)
Michael Haley is an officer in the South Carolina National Guard and husband of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
Personal life[edit]
The Haleys met 1989 as undergraduates at Clemson University[1] While Nikki Haley is a Clemson graduate, Michael graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a degree in business administration.[2][3] Michael Haley is a graduate of Hilton Head Preparatory School.[4]
Michael and Nikki Haley were married in 1996 in two ceremonies, a Sikh ceremony, and a ceremony at St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea, the Methodist church in Hilton Head, where Mr. Haley’s parents, Carole and Bill, have lived since retiring from jobs in Cleveland, Ohio when Michael was in the ninth grade.[4] [5][6] Before retiring to Hilton Head, Bill Haley was director of a steel manufacturing plant and Carole Haley taught school.[6]
Haley worked in Exotica International, the clothing store founded by his mother-in-law, Raj Randhawa, before becoming a full-time federal military technician with the South Carolina National Guard in 2006.[3][2][7]
Military service[edit]
In January 2012 Haley shipped out for a year-long tour of duty in Afghanistan as a First Lieutenant in the South Carolina National Guard.[3] The unit served in Helmand Province as an Agribusiness Development Team helping Afghan farmers improve farming techniques and develop cash crops to replace opium poppies.[8] He is thought to have been the first spouse of a Governor to serve on active duty in a war zone.[3][9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Smith, Gina (25 November 2011). "Haley the 'Clemson girl' a rarity among governors". The Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jennings, Natalie (10 January 2013). "Nikki Haley's husband departs for Afghan mission". Washington Post. AP.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wilkinson, Jeff (30 July 2012). "First gentleman Michael Haley to serve with Guard in Afghanistan". Spartanburg Herald - Journal.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lauderdale, /david (23 April 2013). "Governor mixes business, pleasure at Heritage". The Island Packet. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Dewan, Shaila (13 June 2010). "All Her Life, Nikki Haley Was the Different One". New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dawsey, Josh (19 June 2010). "Nikki Haley's Hilton Head in-laws have been helping since campaign's onset". McClatchy - Tribune Business News.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ "Haley's Comet". The Economist. 16 January 2016.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Schafer, Susanne (10 January 2013). "S.C. Gov. Haley's husband deploys with Guard". Army Times. AP. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ↑ Singh, Simran (12 November 2010). "We live the American Dream". India Abroad.
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