8. Nikki Haley

Nikki Haley is an American politician and diplomat. Nikki Haley served as US Ambassador to the United Nations in 2017-18, and before that, as Governor of South Carolina for eight years. As governor of South Carolina, she became the first governor to sign legislation that stopped the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s unjust secondary boycott of Israel. This legislation was later adopted by over 30 U.S. states. At the UN she took action against the organization’s bias against Israel and discrimination against Israelis.