Bobby JINDAL, Congress, LA (1971)

JINDAL, Bobby, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., June 10, 1971; graduated from Baton Rouge High School, Baton Rouge, La., 1988; B.S., Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1991; M.Litt., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1994; secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals 1996-1998; appointed executive director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, 1998; president, University of Louisiana system, 1999; appointed Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush on March 7, 2001; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth Congress and to the succeeding Congress, until his resignation January 14, 2008, (January 3, 2005-January 14, 2008); Governor of Louisiana, 2008-present.

Bibliography

Jindal, Bobby. Leadership and Crisis. Washington, D. C.: Regnery Publishing, 2010.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present