Henry Jacques Ninio

Henry Jacques Ninio (27 October 1935 – 22 September 2023)[1][2] was an Egyptian-born Australian pharmacist, entrepreneur and politician who served as the 75th Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide, South Australia.

Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide Henry Jacques Ninio

Ninio was born in Cairo into a Sephardic Jewish family who had migrated from Izmir, Turkey. He attended Cairo University before migrating with his family to Adelaide in 1956, graduating as a Pharmacist in 1960.[3] He established the Piaf Perfumery chain and Simes Australia with his business partner Alex Siros. [4]

Ninio was a member of the French Perfume Association of Australia and the Australian Society of Perfumers and Flavourists and an avid collector of antique perfume bottles.[3]

He served as councillor in Gray ward on the Adelaide City Council and then Alderman before being elected Lord Mayor in 1993. He also served as the president of Beit Shalom Synagogue in 1983.[5]

The French Government has honoured him for his services to perfumery and the French community of Australia.[5] He was survived by his wife Lynette, 3 children and 6 grandchildren.

His daughter, Jacqueline, became a rabbi at the Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney.[6]

  1. ^ "Ninio, Henry Jacques | Death Notices | Adelaide". My Tributes. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. ^ Crouch, Brad (25 September 2023). "Two-term Lord Mayor of Adelaide Henry Ninio Dies".
  3. ^ a b Cora Dove (1986). The First 25 Years of Television in South Australia. p. 95.
  4. ^ Jarvis-Bardy, Dan (6 September 2017). "Piaf Founder Simes Australia Shutting after 55 Years in Adelaide with Closing-down Sale".
  5. ^ a b "Civic Leaders". History. Adelaide Jewish Museum. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio". Emanuel Synagogue. Retrieved 25 July 2013.