Growing Up

Bobby was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on June 10, 1971.

Bobby graduated from Baton Rouge High School in 1988, and later attended Brown University where he graduated with honors in both biology and public policy.

He then attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and received his graduate degree in 1994.

Timeline:
1988	Graduates from Baton Rouge High School
1991	Graduates from Brown University with honors, in biology and public policy
1994	Graduates from Oxford University as Rhodes Scholar with a graduate degree
1994-1995	Advises Fortune 50 companies as a consultant for McKinsey and Company
1996	Appointed Secretary, Department of Health and Hospitals; rescues Louisiana’s Medicaid program from bankruptcy by turning a $400 million deficit into three years of surpluses totaling $220 million.
1998	Appointed Executive Director, National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, a 17-member panel charged with devising plan to reform Medicare
1999	At the request of the Governor’s Office and the Legislature, volunteers his time to study how Louisiana might use its $4.4 billion tobacco settlement Appointed President of the University of Louisiana System (16th largest in the U.S.)
2001	Appointed by President to be Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of Health and Human Services
2003	Resigns from federal post to return to Louisiana and run for Governor
2004	Elected to U.S. Congress, representing Louisiana’s first district
2006	Re-elected to U.S. Congress Announces intentions to run for Governor of Louisiana
2007	Elected Governor of Louisiana with 54 percent of the vote in the primary
2008	Sworn in as Governor of Louisiana

Bobby Jindal

Growing Up

Growing Up

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