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JINDAL, Bobby

(1971—)


JINDAL, Bobby, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., June 10, 1971; 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 (January 3, 2005-present).

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

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