Sam Dastyari
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Sam Dastyari at the Sydney Mardi Gras
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| Senator for New South Wales | |
| Assumed office 21 August 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Matt Thistlethwaite |
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| Born | 28 July 1983 Sari, Iran |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Barron (m. 2010) |
| Residence | Russell Lea |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney Macquarie University |
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Sam Dastyari (born 28 July 1983[5] in Sari, Iran[3]) is an Australian Senator representing New South Wales, and former General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. He is the first Iranian to sit in an Australian parliament.[6]
Early life and education
Born in Sari, Mazandaran province[3] to an ethnic Azeri father and Persian mother, Dastyari arrived in Australia aged 5 years. His parents were student activists in the 1979 Iranian revolution.[2]
He attended John Purchase Public School, where he was school captain, and completed his secondary schooling at Baulkham Hills High School, where he was school vice-captain and graduated in 2001.[citation needed] He then enrolled at the University of Sydney where he studied for a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws but soon dropped out. He has since completed undergraduate studies at Macquarie University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in politics.
Dastyari joined the Labor Party at 16, running the Labor Club while at university and becoming President of Young Labor.[3]
Career
A member of Labor's Unity faction, Dastyari worked initially with lobbyists Hawker Britton. He was elected as General Secretary of NSW Labor in March 2010 with the support of the Transport Workers' Union (TWU), the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), and the Australian Workers Union (AWU).[2] Dastyari is a member of the Labor Right faction.[7]
In 2012 Dastyari said, "Labor core values are similar to Islamic social values such as equal justice and respect for everyone".[8]
On 21 August 2013, a joint sitting of the Parliament of New South Wales appointed Dastyari to the Senate seat vacated by Matt Thistlethwaite, who had resigned on 9 August to contest the House of Representatives seat of Kingsford Smith at the 2013 federal election.[9]
In 2016, Dastayari expressed strong criticism of the amount of political influence held by ten corporate bodies operating in Australia. His list included the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Westpac, ANZ, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals, Telstra and "your two big grocery chains".[10]
Dastyari strongly supports same-sex marriage.[11][12][13][14]
Personal life
Dastyari lives in Sydney's inner western suburb of Russell Lea, together with his wife, and two daughters.[1]
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External links
- Sam Dastyari on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Summary of parliamentary voting for Senator Sam Dastyari on TheyVoteForYou.org.au
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| Preceded by | General Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch) 2010–2013 |
Succeeded by Jamie Clements |
- Use Australian English from July 2013
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- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- Articles with unsourced statements from February 2016
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian Senate
- Members of the Australian Senate for New South Wales
- Australian people of Iranian descent
- Iranian emigrants to Australia
- Iranian people of Azerbaijani descent
- Macquarie University alumni
- People educated at Baulkham Hills High School
- People from Sari, Iran
- University of Sydney alumni
- Iranian diaspora political office-holders
