Ministers - Premier & Ministers of South Australia

 

Hon MIKE RANN MP
Premier
Minister for Economic Development
Minister for Social Inclusion
Minister for the Arts
Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change


Hon KEVIN FOLEY MP
Deputy Premier
Treasurer
Minister for Industry and Trade
Minister for Federal/State Relations


Hon PAUL HOLLOWAY MLC
Minister for Mineral Resources Development
Minister for Urban Development and Planning
Minister for Small Business


Hon PATRICK CONLON MP
Minister for Transport
Minister for Infrastructure
Minister for Energy


Hon MICHAEL ATKINSON MP
Attorney-General
Minister for Justice
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
Minister for Veterans' Affairs


Hon JOHN HILL MP
Minister for Health
Minister for the Southern Suburbs
Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts


Hon MICHAEL WRIGHT MP
Minister for Police
Minister for Emergency Services
Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing


Hon JANE LOMAX-SMITH MP
Minister for Education
Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Minister for Tourism
Minister for the City of Adelaide


Hon JAY WEATHERILL MP
Minister for Environment and Conservation
Minister for Early Childhood Development
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation
Minister Assisting the Premier in Cabinet Business and Public Sector Management


Hon KARLENE MAYWALD MP
Minister for the River Murray
Minister for Water Security


Hon JENNIFER RANKINE MP
Minister for Families and Communities
Minister for the Northern Suburbs
Minister for Housing
Minister for Ageing
Minister for Disability


Hon PAUL CAICA MP
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
Minister for Industrial Relations
Minister for Forests
Minister for Regional Development


Hon GAIL GAGO MLC
Minister for State/Local Government Relations
Minister for the Status of Women
Minister for Consumer Affairs
Minister for Government Enterprises
Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport Infrastructure and Energy


Hon TOM KOUTSANTONIS MP
Minister for Correctional Services
Minister for Gambling
Minister for Youth
Minister for Volunteers
Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs


Hon MICHAEL O`BRIEN MP
Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education
Minister for Road Safety
Minister for Science and Information Economy




Hon MIKE RANN MP

Premier
Minister for Economic Development
Minister for Social Inclusion
Minister for the Arts
Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change



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8463 3166

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8463 3168

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Postal Address
GPO Box 2343
Adelaide SA 5001

Office
15th Floor, State Administration Centre
200 Victoria Square
Adelaide SA 5000

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Labor’s Mike Rann became South Australia’s 44th Premier after the State election in March 2002 and was re-elected with an increased majority in March 2006.

 

As well as his duties as Premier, Mr Rann has assumed the portfolios of Economic Development, Social Inclusion, the Arts, and Sustainability and Climate Change.

 

In 2008 he was National President of the Australian Labor Party and is currently Vice President.  In 2006-2007 Mr Rann was Chair of the Council for the Australian Federation.

 

He was first elected to the South Australian Parliament in 1985 as the Member for Briggs, later Ramsay.

 

In December 1989 he was elected to the Labor Cabinet under Premier John Bannon, as Minister for Employment and Further Education, Minister for Youth Affairs, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Minister Assisting in Ethnic Affairs.

 

In September 1992 he became Minister for Business and Regional Development, Minister for Tourism and Minister for State Services under Premier Lynn Arnold.  After a brief period as Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr Rann became Leader of the Opposition in late 1994.

 

In his first term as Premier, he held the portfolio of Minister for Volunteers; but in the second he became Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change – an Australian first.

 

Mr Rann was born in Sidcup, Kent, in 1953. His father an electrician who fought at El Alamein.  His mother worked in an armaments factory during World War II, making parts for Spitfires.  In 1962, his family left London for New Zealand.

 

He was the first in his family to go on to higher education, and he completed a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (Honours) in Political Studies at Auckland University.  He was editor of the student newspaper and prominent in the New Zealand campaign against French nuclear testing in the Pacific.

 

After graduating, he became a political journalist for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, before moving to South Australia in 1977 to become a press secretary, speech writer and adviser to three South Australian Labor Premiers, including the late Don Dunstan.

 

Mr Rann is married to Sasha Carruozzo.  He has two children, and is involved in soccer and the arts.

 

He has an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia and has been honoured by the Governments of Poland, Greece and New Zealand.

 

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