Sam Dastyari | |
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 Dastyari at the Sydney Mardi Gras in 2014 | |
| Senator for New South Wales | |
| In office 21 August 2013 – 25 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Matt Thistlethwaite |
| Succeeded by | Kristina Keneally |
| General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party | |
| In office 17 July 2010 – 21 August 2013 | |
| Leader | Kristina Keneally John Robertson |
| Preceded by | Matt Thistlethwaite |
| Succeeded by | Jamie Clements |
| Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate | |
| In office 3 February 2017 – 30 November 2017 | |
| Leader | Penny Wong |
| Chief Whip | Anne Urquhart |
| Preceded by | Catryna Bilyk |
| Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate | |
| In office 23 July 2016 – 7 September 2016 | |
| Deputy | Katy Gallagher |
| Leader | Penny Wong |
| Preceded by | Claire Moore |
| Succeeded by | Katy Gallagher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sahand Dastyari 28 July 1983 Sari, Mazandaran Province, Iran |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse |
Helen Barron (m. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Russell Lea, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | Baulkham Hills High School |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney Macquarie University |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Sam Dastyari (born 28 July 1983) is an Australian former politician, who from 2013 to 2018 represented New South Wales in the Australian Senate as a member of the Australian Labor Party. Dastyari was previously General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party.[5] He was the first person of Iranian origin and Azerbaijani descent to sit in the Australian Parliament.[6] As a Senator, Dastyari was the subject of a Chinese-related donations scandal, which eventually led to his resignation from the Senate on 25 January 2018.[7]
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- ^ "Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University". Master of the maze. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Labor senator Sam Dastyari formally quits Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.