Michael Knight (Australian politician)

Michael Knight
Michael Knight with the IPC flag at the closing ceremony of the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Campbelltown
In office
19 September 1981 – 12 January 2001
Preceded byCliff Mallam
Succeeded byGraham West
Minister for the Olympics
In office
4 April 1995 – 12 January 2001
PremierBob Carr
Succeeded byabolished
Minister for Public Works and Services
In office
4 April 1995 – 15 December 1995
PremierBob Carr
Minister for Roads
In office
4 April 1995 – 28 November 1996
PremierBob Carr
Preceded byBruce Baird
Succeeded byCarl Scully
President of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
In office
18 September 1996 – 1 October 2000
IOC PresidentJuan Antonio Samaranch
Preceded byJohn Iliffe
Succeeded byGianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Chair of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
In office
18 September 1996 – 31 October 2001
Preceded byJohn Iliffe
Succeeded byPosition dissolved
Personal details
Born
Michael Steven Knight

(1952-09-21) 21 September 1952 (age 72)
Leichhardt, New South Wales
Political partyLabor Party
SpouseAnne
ChildrenTwo daughters
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
ProfessionProbation and parole officer

Michael Steven Knight AO (born 21 September 1952[citation needed] in Leichhardt, New South Wales[1]) is a former Australian Labor Party politician. He was member for Campbelltown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1981 and 2001. He served as Minister for the Olympics between 1995 and 2001 in the Carr Labor government.

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