Alex Greenwich
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Alex Greenwich MP |
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| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Sydney |
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Assumed office 27 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Clover Moore |
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Alexander Hart Greenwich 27 November 1980 New Zealand |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Victor Hoeld |
| Residence | Potts Point, New South Wales |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
| Profession | Recruitment manager |
| Website |
Parliamentary website Personal website |
Alexander Hart "Alex" Greenwich (Born. 27 November 1980) is the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Sydney since the 2012 Sydney by-election. He ran as an independent and was backed by his predecessor, independent Clover Moore.
Greenwich was born in New Zealand to a Georgian father and American mother. His father, Victor Greenwich Dadianov (now the Honorary Consul-General of Georgia in Sydney), was born Prince Victor Dadianov of the princely Georgian Dadiani family but his mother changed the name to Greenwich after they moved as refugees to New Zealand from Georgia after the Second World War. At the age of seven, Greenwich moved with his family to Sydney, Australia. From his family residence in Circular Quay, Greenwich was educated at Sydney Grammar School and completed a Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource Management and Russian Studies at the University of New South Wales. From 1 December 1998 to 1 December 2012, Greenwich was the general manager of his own recruiting agency, Winning Attitudes Recruitment.
Greenwich is one of two openly gay male MPs in the NSW Legislative Assembly; the other being Bruce Notley-Smith of the Liberal Party. Before entering politics, Greenwich was a prominent LGBT rights activist and the national convenor of Australian Marriage Equality.
Prior to running for office, Greenwich was from 2007 the national convener of Australian Marriage Equality and was named as one of Samesame.com.au's 25 most influential gay and lesbian Australians in 2010. As national convener, Greenwich was instrumental in lobbying the Australian Bureau of Statistics to count same-sex marriages in the 2011 national census. He also organised over 44,000 submissions to be made to the 2011 senate inquiry into same-sex marriage, and continues to be a prominent activist for achieving same-sex marriage reform in Australia. In May 2012, Greenwich married his German long-term partner, Victor Hoeld in Argentina, where same-sex marriage is legal.
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