Nikki Haley has announced that she will run for president in 2024.

CHARLOTT, North Carolina — Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, announced her candidacy for president Tuesday, becoming former President Donald Trump’s first serious challenger for the 2024 Republican nomination.

The announcement, made in the video, marks a dramatic reversal in the position of the ex-Trump cabinet official, who said two years ago that she would not challenge her former boss at the White House in 2024. But in recent months she has changed her mind. , referring, among other things, to the country’s economic problems and the need for a “generational change”, alluding to the age of 76-year-old Trump.

Haley, 51, is the first in a long line of Republicans expected to launch the 2024 campaigns in the coming months. Among them are Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina.

President Joe Biden has said he intends to seek re-election in 2024, blocking any fight for the Democratic nomination.

Haley has regularly bragged about her track record of defying political expectations, saying, “I’ve never lost an election and I’m not about to start now.”

If elected, Haley would become the country’s first female president and the first Indian-born U.S. president.

The daughter of Indian immigrants, Hailey grew up enduring racist ridicule in a small South Carolina town and has long mentioned how it affected her personal and political life.

She was an accountant when she applied for her first public position, defeating the longest-serving member of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2004. experienced politicians.

She has received a number of high-profile endorsements, including from incumbent South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a tea party favorite.

With her victory in 2010, Haley became South Carolina’s first female and minority governor – and the nation’s youngest at 38. She earned a speaking slot at the 2012 Republican National Convention and gave the Republican Party’s response to President Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union address.