Morris Iemma

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Morris Iemma (2008)

Morris Iemma (born July 21, 1961 in Sydney ) is an Australian politician of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was Prime Minister of New South Wales between August 2005 and September 2008 .

Life

Professional activities and MP

After attending school, Iemma first completed a degree in economics at the University of Sydney , which he completed with a Bachelor of Economy (B.Ec.). He completed another law degree at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). Once when he between 1984 and 1986 union functionary in the union of employees of the Commonwealth Bank was active, he was 1986 environmental and social policy advisor to Senator Graham Richardson and remained in this position until the 1,991th

On May 25, 1991 Iemma was elected as a candidate of the Australian Labor Party for the first time to a member of the Legislative Assembly ( Legislative Assembly ) of New South Wales. In this he first represented the constituency of Huntsville until March 5, 1999 and then until September 19, 2008 the constituency of Lakemba .

During his long membership in Parliament, Iemma was a member of the Regulations Review Committee between July 1991 and March 2005 and also a member of the Joint Constitutional Committee of the New South Wales Parliament from October 1991 to September 1992.

In April 1995 he took over his first government office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General and Minister for Industrial Relations. He was then Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Bob Carr between December 1997 and April 1999 .

Minister and Prime Minister

Prime Minister Iemma speaking at Sydney Liverpool Hospital (2006)

In April 1999, Prime Minister Bob Carr appointed him to government for the first time as Minister to the Prime Minister for Citizenship Affairs and Minister for Public Works and Services. He was also Minister for Sports and Recreation in the Carr-led government between November 2001 and April 2003. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he became Minister of Health in April 2003 and held this position until August 2005.

On August 3, 2005, Iemma succeeded Bob Carr as Prime Minister of New South Wales and held the post of Prime Minister of the state until he was replaced by his fellow party member Nathan Rees on September 5, 2008. During this time he was also chairman of the ALP in New South Wales.

During this time he was criticized in September 2007 for his behavior during the APEC conference in Sydney, among others by representatives of the Stop the War Coalition . During this summit the largest security measure in the history of Australia took place with the participation of 3,500 police and security guards as well as 1,500 defense guards. The Prime Minister John Howard , Ieamma and the police were heavily criticized because of these measures, which as a tactic heavy-handed designated ( "ruthless hand"), was because Greg Mcleay, a 53-year-old accountant with his eleven-year-old son arrested without bail when he crossed a road and too close came to an official motorcade, a 2.8-meter-high barrier was built to keep out the public in the city, a 600,000 AUD expensive high-pressure water cannon was specifically purchased for this protest and during the demonstration identification numbers had been removed by numerous police officers.

During his tenure as Prime Minister, the XXIII. World Youth Day held in Sydney. On July 1, 2007, he and Prime Minister Howard received the World Youth Day Cross in a solemn ceremony in Darling Harbor .

He was also Treasurer from August 2005 to February 2006 and Minister for Citizenship Affairs between August 2005 and September 2008. He was also Minister for State Development in his cabinet from February 2006 and April 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PM defends heavy-handed APEC security ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: The Australian of September 10, 2007. Accessed January 22, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theaustralian.news.com.au
  2. ↑ Heavy-handed APEC police criticized in: ABC Sydney, September 10, 2007. Accessed January 22, 2009.
  3. ↑ Pumped-up cops are stepping over the thin blue line in: Sydney Morning Herald, September 9, 2007. Accessed January 22, 2009.
  4. ↑ Sydney braces for tough APEC security in: ABC News, August 16, 2007. Accessed January 22, 2009.
  5. ↑ Protesters shrug off APEC water cannon threat in: Australian Associated Press, August 20, 2007. Accessed January 22, 2009.
  6. ↑ Hundreds of APEC police removed badges: photos in: ABC News of September 19, 2007. Accessed January 22, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Iemma, Morris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney