Ljiljanna Ravlich
| Ljiljanna Ravlich | |
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| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for East Metropolitan/North Metropolitan | |
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In office 22 May 1997 – 10 March 2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Martin Pritchard |
| Minister for Education and Training | |
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In office 10 March 2005 – 13 December 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | Mark McGowan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 January 1958 Split, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Domestic partner | Eric Ripper |
| Education | Curtin University of Technology |
Ljiljanna Maria Ravlich (born Ljiljana Ravlić on 9 January 1958 in Split, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Western Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1997 to 2015. She was most notable for being the Minister for Education during the debate over the introduction of outcomes-based education. She subsequently served as Minister for Government Enterprises; Multicultural Interests and Citizenship; Youth; and Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure.
Ravlich lived in the small village of Kozica, Croatia until the age of five, when her family emigrated to Perth, Western Australia in 1963. Her family initially lived in Midland, and Ravlich attended Governor Stirling Senior High School. She continued her tertiary education at Curtin University of Technology where she completed a BA (SocSc) majoring in economics and also Graduate Diplomas in Education and Education Administration. From 1980, she worked as a high school teacher in Norseman, Kambalda, Northam and Morawa. Later she moved into education management before starting her own consulting company. She married in 1984, but the marriage lasted only two years.
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