Neville Wran

The Honourable Neville Wran AC, CNZM, QC
Wran c. 1971
Chairman of the CSIRO
In office 5 December 1986 – 4 December 1991
Preceded by	Norman Boardman
Succeeded by	Adrienne Clarke
35th Premier of New South Wales Elections: 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984
In office 14 May 1976 – 4 July 1986
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir Roden Cutler (1976–81) Sir James Rowland (1981–86)
Deputy	Jack Ferguson (1976–84) Ron Mulock (1984–86)
Preceded by	Sir Eric Willis
Succeeded by	Barrie Unsworth
National President of the Labor Party
In office 8 September 1980 – 3 July 1986
Preceded by	Neil Batt
Succeeded by	Mick Young
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Bass Hill
In office 17 November 1973 – 4 July 1986
Preceded by	Clarrie Earl
Succeeded by	Michael Owen
Personal details
Born	Neville Kenneth Wran (1926-10-11)11 October 1926 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 April 2014(2014-04-20) (aged 87) Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouses	Marcia Oliver (m. 1946–76; divorced) Jill Hickson (m. 1976–2014; his death)
Children	4
Occupation	Lawyer
Nickname	Nifty[1]

Neville Kenneth Wran, AC, CNZM, QC (11 October 1926 – 20 April 2014) was an Australian politician who was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1986. He was the national president of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1980^[2] to 1986 and chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1986 to 1991.