New York, Dec 22 (TIWN) Indian-origin Attorney Vivek Malek has been appointed as the first non-white treasurer of the US state of Missouri, Governor Mike Parson announced.

Mr Malek, who moved from Rohtak in Haryana to what's called Missouri's Bootheel in 2002 to get his master's degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University, would replace fellow Republican Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick, who is leaving the position to become state auditor in January.  "I am appointing Vivek Malek as the next State Treasurer of Missouri. Vivek's appointment will fill the vacancy created by the election of Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick to the Office of Missouri State Auditor," Mr Parson said in a tweet.