Mike Nahan

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The Honourable Mike Nahan

Mike Nahan opening the Willetton Rotary Fair 2010
Western Australian Minister for Energy; Finance; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2013
Premier	Colin Barnett
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Riverton
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 September 2008
Preceded by	Tony McRae
Personal details
Born	Michael Dennis Nahan (1950-07-02) 2 July 1950 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse(s)	Nyuk Nahan
Alma mater	University of Michigan Australian National University
Profession	Economist
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	mikenahan.com.au

Michael Dennis "Mike" Nahan (born 2 July 1950) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2008. He is the Western Australian Minister for Energy; Finance; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests.

Biography

Nahan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1950 as one of 13 children and grew up on a small farm, later graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Michigan. After arriving in Australia in the late 1970s, he received a doctorate in economics from the Australian National University having previously completed a master's degree in agricultural economics.^[1]^[2]

Nahan arrived in Western Australia in July 1982. He joined the Institute of Public Affairs, a right-wing think tank, as a policy director. Between 1995 and 2005 was Executive Director of the IPA.^[3]

Politics

Nahan entered politics at the 2008 Western Australian state election when he defeated incumbent Labor MP Tony McRae for the seat of Riverton.

Nahan is currently Trustee of the Parliamentary Superannuation Board and is Chairman of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee in State Parliament.^[2]^[4]

After the 2013 Western Australian state election, Nahan was appointed Western Australian Minister for Energy; Finance; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests by Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett.^[4]

References

↑ "13 November 2008". Mike Nahan, Member for Riverton. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (Western Australia: Legislative Assembly): 35 .
↑ 2.0 2.1 "About Mike Nahan". mikenahan.com.au. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
↑ "People & associates - Mike Nahan". Institute of Public Affairs. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Current Members - Hon. Dr Michael (Mike) Dennis Nahan MLA BEc, MS, PhD". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 March 2013.

External links

WA Parliament biography

Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Tony McRae	Member for Riverton 2008–present	Incumbent

v t e Current members of the Cabinet of Western Australia

Barnett Hames Grylls Collier Buswell Day Harvey Redman Morton Mischin Marmion Waldron Baston Nahan Simpson Jacob Francis

v t e Current Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

Liberal (31)	Peter Abetz Frank Alban Colin Barnett Ian Blayney Ian Britza Troy Buswell John Castrilli Murray Cowper John Day Eleni Evangel Joe Francis Glenys Godfrey Kim Hames Liza Harvey Chris Hatton Albert Jacob Graham Jacobs Rob Johnson Tony Krsticevic Sean L'Estrange John McGrath Bill Marmion Paul Miles Andrea Mitchell Nathan Morton Mike Nahan Dean Nalder Jan Norberger Tony Simpson Michael Sutherland Matt Taylor

Labor (21)	Lisa Baker Tony Buti Roger Cook Josie Farrer Janine Freeman Bill Johnston Dave Kelly Fran Logan Mark McGowan Simone McGurk Mick Murray Paul Papalia John Quigley Margaret Quirk Michelle Roberts Rita Saffioti Chris Tallentire David Templeman Peter Tinley Peter Watson Ben Wyatt

Nationals WA (7)	Vince Catania Mia Davies Wendy Duncan Brendon Grylls Shane Love Terry Redman Terry Waldron

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Persondata
Name	Nahan, Michael Dennis (Mike)
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	2 July 1950
Place of birth	United States
Date of death
Place of death

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