John Aquilina

John Aquilina
Member for Riverstone
In office
25 May 1991 – 26 March 2011
Preceded byRichard Amery
Succeeded byKevin Conolly
Member for Blacktown
In office
19 September 1981 – 3 May 1991
Preceded byGordon Barnier
Succeeded byPam Allan
28th Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
In office
29 April 2003 – 7 May 2007
PremierBob Carr
Morris Iemma
Preceded byJohn Murray
Succeeded byRichard Torbay
Minister for Fair Trading and
Minister for Land and Water Conservation
In office
21 November 2001 – 2 April 2003
Preceded byJohn Watkins
(Fair Trading)
Richard Amery
(Land and Water Conservation)
Succeeded byReba Meagher
(Fair Trading)
Craig Knowles
(Natural Resources)
Minister for Education and Training
In office
4 April 1995 – 21 November 2001
Preceded byVirginia Chadwick (Education, Training and Youth Affairs)
Succeeded byJohn Watkins
Minister Assisting the Premier on Youth Affairs
In office
4 April 1995 – 8 April 1999
Minister for Youth and Community Services and
Assistant Minister for Ethnic Affairs
In office
4 July 1986 – 21 March 1988
Preceded byPeter Anderson
Succeeded byVirginia Chadwick
(Family and Community Services)
Terry Metherell (Education and Youth Affairs)
Minister for Natural Resources
In office
6 February 1986 – 4 July 1986
Preceded byJanice Crosio
Succeeded byJanice Crosio
(Water Resources)
Jack Hallam (Forests)
Personal details
Born (1950-03-12) 12 March 1950 (age 74)
Malta
Nationality
Political partyLabor Party
Spouse(s)Anne (dec'd);
Ann (m 13 May 2006)
ChildrenThree;
Bede and Jeremy (m); Bridget (f)

John Joseph Aquilina AM (born 12 March 1950, in Malta), an Australian former politician, is a former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Blacktown between 1981 and 1991 and the electorate of Riverstone between 1991 and 2011 for the Labor Party.

Between 1986 and 1988 and again between 1995 and 2003, he served in a range of ministerial portfolios including Minister for Natural Resources and Minister for Youth and Community Services in the Wran and Unsworth Labor governments and Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Fair Trading, and Minister for Land and Water Conservation in the Carr Labor government.

From 2003 to 2007, he was Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly, and was Leader of the House from 2007 until his retirement in 2011.

Aquilina re-acquired citizenship of Malta[1] and has served as Malta's Ambassador for various countries post his retirement from Australian politics.

  1. ^ "Former Australian House Leader given Maltese citizenship". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 12 June 2023.