Piyush 'Bobby' Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016. Jindal also served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the Republican Governors Association. In 1995, Jindal was appointed secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. In 1999, he was appointed president of the University of Louisiana System. At 28, Jindal became the youngest person to hold the position. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Jindal as principal adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Source: Wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA)