Monday, 20 April 2015

20-APR-2014 :- DEATH OF Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales

Neville Kenneth Wran

(11 October 1926 – 20 April 2014) was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1986 to 1991.


Honours

  • In June 1987 he was appointed an Officer in the Order of the Golden Ark (Netherlands) "for his contribution to the environment".
  • In October 1987 he was appointed a Grand Officer (2nd Class) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the President of Italy, Francesco Cossiga.
  • He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1988 "For service to government and politics and to the New South Wales Parliament".
  • On 6 May 1995 the University of Sydney awarded Wran the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa).
  • On 31 December 2009, the New Zealand Government appointed Wran a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to New Zealand–Australia relations.

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