Rene Hidding
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The Honourable Marinus "Rene" Hidding MP |
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| Minister for Police and Emergency Management Minister for Infrastructure |
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Assumed office 31 March 2014 |
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| Premier | Will Hodgman |
| Preceded by | David O'Byrne |
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Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania Elections: 2006 |
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In office 6 August 2002 – 30 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Cheek |
| Succeeded by | Will Hodgman |
| Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Lyons |
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Assumed office 24 February 1996 |
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Marinus Theodoor Hidding 5 February 1953 Netherlands |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Occupation | Politician |
Marinus Theodoor "Rene" Hidding (born 5 February 1953) is an Australian politician. He is currently a Liberal Party member for the Division of Lyons in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. From 2002 until 2006 he was also leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania.
Hidding immigrated to Tasmania from the Netherlands in his youth. He was educated in Launceston at Riverside High School and Launceston Matriculation College where he gained an Associate Diploma Business (Real Estate). He was a self-employed businessman (his companies included Hidding Trading Pty Ltd, Hiddings Mitre 10, Hiddings Building Services, Span Truss Systems and Hiddings Joinery) before entering politics, when he sold his business to Gunns Limited. He was an Alderman on the Launceston City Council from 1985 to 1992. He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Franklin in 1993.
In 1996 Hidding was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the multi-member seat of Lyons. Between 1996 and 1998 Hidding held junior positions in the government of Tony Rundle, including Secretary to Cabinet, Deputy Chairman of Committees and a member of the Cabinet Budget Committee.
After the Liberals lost office, Hidding was elected to the Opposition front bench as Deputy Opposition Leader in 1999 and in August 2002 he was elected Leader of the Opposition. He is also Shadow Minister for Tourism, Parks and Heritage and Shadow Minister for Resources and Energy.
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