Daniel Mookhey

Nitin Daniel Mookhey (born 1982) is an Australian politician and current Treasurer of New South Wales.

[1] Mookhey was appointed to the Legislative Council of New South Wales in 2015 to fill a vacancy caused by Steve Whan's resignation.

In 2019 following the election of Jodi McKay as leader after Labor's defeat in the 2019 New South Wales state election, Mookhey was elevated to the opposition front bench and appointed the Shadow Minister for Finance and Small Business and Shadow Minister for the Gig Economy.

Mookhey was born in Blacktown to Indian migrants from Punjab, India and attended Model Farms High School and Girraween High School.

[8] Mookhey is the first parliamentarian in Australian history to be sworn into office on the Bhagavad Gita.