Eric Roozendaal
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The Honourable Eric Roozendaal |
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| Member of Legislative Council of New South Wales | |
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In office 24 June 2004 – 9 May 2013 |
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| Treasurer of New South Wales | |
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In office 8 September 2008 – 28 March 2011 |
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| Premier |
Nathan Rees Kristina Keneally |
| Preceded by | Michael Costa |
| Succeeded by | Mike Baird |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 March 1962 Sydney |
| Political party |
Australian Labor Party (suspended in 2012) Independent (2012–2013) |
| Alma mater |
University of New South Wales, Macquarie University |
| Website | NSW Parliament – Eric Roozendaal |
Eric Roozendaal (born 16 March 1962), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, serving between 2004 and 2013. He is a former General Secretary of the Australian Labor Party. Roozendaal was the Treasurer of New South Wales, Minister of State and Regional Development, Minister of Ports and Waterways, Minister for the Illawarra, and Special Minister of State in the Rees and Keneally governments.
Roozendaal was born in Sydney. His family is of Dutch-Jewish descent, his grandfather perishing in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. He studied Commerce at the University of Sydney, but did not complete the course. He would later graduate from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Arts and subsequently a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales. He became an organiser for the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party in 1987, Assistant general secretary in 1995 and general secretary in 1999. This made him the organisation head of the dominant Labor Right faction of the party's largest state branch, a powerful position. He was also a member of the National Executive of the Party.
Roozendaal was campaign director for Premier Bob Carr's successful election campaign in 2003. He was also the party's chief fund-raiser, raising a reported A$16.3 million in his four years as general secretary. He also carried out a crackdown on branch stacking and insisted on the selection of more female candidates in safe Labor seats.
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