Dick Persson
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Dick Persson AM |
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| Administrator of Northern Beaches Council | |
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Assumed office 12 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New title |
| Administrator of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council | |
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In office 27 February 2008 – 31 January 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Rob Drew (Mayor) |
| Succeeded by | Garry Payne |
| Administrator of Warringah Council | |
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In office 23 July 2003 – 13 September 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Julie Sutton (Mayor) |
| Succeeded by | Michael Regan (Mayor) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 67) |
| Profession | Public servant |
Richard ("Dick") Persson AM (born 1950) is a New South Wales and Queensland public servant and local government administrator.
Dick Persson was originally from New South Wales, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and began work for the New South Wales Government, initially serving as assistant to the Deputy Premier Jack Ferguson, and from 1983 as a policy Director of the Housing Commission of New South Wales and then the new Department of Housing from 1985 to 1989. In 1989 Persson was recruited to work for Government of Queensland by Minister for Housing and Local Government Tom Burns as Director-General of the Department of Housing and Local Government, which had been created by the amalgamation of the Public Works Department and the Local Government Department. Persson was brought into the government to push through the Goss Government's plans to initiate significant cultural change in the Queensland Public Service following the Bjelke-Petersen era and for the first time his department took on planning responsibilities (becoming the Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning). Persson continued serving in this position for the government of Wayne Goss under Minister Terry Mackenroth from 1992.
In early 1994 the Director-General of Queensland Health Department, Dr Peter Stanley, resigned suddenly leaving the job vacant and Persson was quickly moved into the position by mid-1994, even though he did not apply for the position, reporting to Minister for Health, Ken Hayward. He served until early 1995 when Persson took up a new position for the New South Wales Government of Bob Carr as Director-General of the new Department of Public Works and Services, replacing Ron Christie and reporting to Ministers Michael Knight, Carl Scully, Ron Dyer and Morris Iemma. In 1997 the Commonwealth Government of John Howard brought Persson in to serve as Director of the 1997-98 National Housing Policy Review. In 2001 Persson was elected to serve of the Council of the The Women's College, University of Sydney, and he served until 2014.
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