Mike Rann
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The Honourable Mike Rann AC, CNZM |
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| 44th Premier of South Australia Elections: 1997, 2002, 2006, 2010 |
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In office 5 March 2002 – 21 October 2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
Marjorie Jackson Kevin Scarce |
| Deputy |
Kevin Foley John Rau |
| Preceded by | Rob Kerin |
| Succeeded by | Jay Weatherill |
| Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1 February 2013 – 27 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | John Dauth |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Downer |
| Australian Ambassador to Italy, Albania, Libya and San Marino | |
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In office 27 June 2014 – 8 January 2016 |
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| Preceded by | David Ritchie |
| Succeeded by | Greg French |
| 36th Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
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In office 5 November 1994 – 5 March 2002 |
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| Deputy |
Ralph Clarke Annette Hurley |
| Preceded by | Lynn Arnold |
| Succeeded by | Rob Kerin |
| 18th Australian Labor Party (SA) leader | |
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In office 1994–2011 |
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| Deputy |
Ralph Clarke Annette Hurley Kevin Foley John Rau |
| Preceded by | Lynn Arnold |
| Succeeded by | Jay Weatherill |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Ramsay |
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In office 11 December 1993 – 13 January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Lynn Arnold |
| Succeeded by | Zoe Bettison |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Briggs |
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In office 7 December 1985 – 10 December 1993 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Personal details | |
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Michael David Rann 5 January 1953 Sidcup, England |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
| Spouse(s) | Jenny Russell (divorced) Sasha Carruozzo (2006–present) |
| Education | Northcote College |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Profession | Journalist |
Michael David "Mike" Rann AC, CNZM (born 5 January 1953) was the 44th Premier of South Australia from 2002 to 2011. He accepted a professorship at Flinders University and a visiting fellowship at University of Auckland in 2012, was Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2014, and was Australia's Ambassador to Italy, Albania, Libya and San Marino and as Australia's Permanent Representative to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Programme from 2014 to 2016. Among several other honours, Rann was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) at Australia Day in 2016.
Rann succeeded Lynn Arnold as leader of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party and South Australian Leader of the Opposition in 1994. Rann led Labor to minority government at the 2002 election, before attaining a landslide win at the 2006 election. The Rann Government was elected to a third four-year term at the 2010 election, retaining majority government despite a swing − giving Labor a record 12 years in government. He resigned as Premier in October 2011 after a year of poor opinion polling saw him lose party support and was succeeded by Jay Weatherill. Rann is the third-longest serving Premier of South Australia behind Thomas Playford IV and John Bannon − the third-longest serving Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 2002 behind Mick O'Halloran and Robert Richards − and served a record 17 years as South Australian Labor parliamentary leader from 1994 to 2011. He was a South Australian MP in the House of Assembly from the 1985 election and Father of the House from the 2010 election until his parliamentary resignation on 13 January 2012.
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