Tim Soutphommasane

Dr
Tim Soutphommasane
Soutphommasane in 2015
Born
Thinethavone Soutphommasane

1982 (age 41–42)
Montpellier, France
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Sydney
Balliol College, Oxford (MPhil, DPhil)
Occupation(s)Race Discrimination Commissioner
Professor

Thinethavone "Tim" Soutphommasane (/stˈpɒməsɑːn/ soot-POM-ə-sahn; born 1982)[1] is an Australian academic, social commentator and former public servant. He was Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission from 2013 to 2018.[1] He has previously been a political staffer for Bob Carr, a columnist with The Age and The Australian newspapers, a lecturer at Sydney and Monash Universities, and a research fellow with the Per Capita think tank. He is a member of the board of the National Australia Day Council,[2] and an ex officio member of the Council for Multicultural Australia.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane". Australian Human Rights Commission (Humanrights.gov.au). 20 August 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ns-profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Council members: Australian Multicultural Council". Amc.gov.au. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

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