Sam Dastyari

Sam Dastyari
Dastyari at the Sydney Mardi Gras in 2014
Senator for New South Wales
In office
21 August 2013 – 25 January 2018
Preceded byMatt Thistlethwaite
Succeeded byKristina Keneally
General Secretary of the Labor
in New South Wales
In office
17 July 2010 – 21 August 2013
LeaderKristina Keneally
John Robertson
Preceded byMatt Thistlethwaite
Succeeded byJamie Clements
Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate
In office
3 February 2017 – 30 November 2017
LeaderPenny Wong
Chief WhipAnne Urquhart
Preceded byCatryna Bilyk
Manager of Opposition Business
in the Senate
In office
23 July 2016 – 7 September 2016
DeputyKaty Gallagher
LeaderPenny Wong
Preceded byClaire Moore
Succeeded byKaty Gallagher
Personal details
Born
Sahand Dastyari

(1983-07-28) 28 July 1983 (age 40)
Sari, Mazandaran Province, Iran
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
Spouse
Helen Barron
(m. 2010)
Children2
Residence(s)Russell Lea, New South Wales, Australia
EducationBaulkham Hills High School
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Macquarie University
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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]

  1. ^ Chancellor, Jonathan (23 November 2012). "NSW Labor machine man Sam Dastyari upgrades inner west family abode". Property Observer. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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  4. ^ Summers, Anne (24 August 2013). "Master of the maze". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  5. ^ Deborah Snow (27 July 2013). "Cautious reformer eyes a leap into Senate". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University". Master of the maze. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  7. ^ "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.

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