Life Summary

Name	Simon Findlay Crean
Born	26 February, 1949 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	25 June, 2023 (aged 74) Berlin, Germany
Cause of Death	pulmonary embolism
Related Entries	[View as tree] Crean, Francis Daniel (father) Carmichael, Laurence Norman (colleague) Hawke, Robert James (colleague)
Education *	Melbourne High School (student, 1961-1966) Monash University (student, 1967-1971)
Occupation or Descriptor *	trade union official (1974-1990) Federal, Australia labour politician (1990-2013) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1990-2013) Federal, Australia opposition leader (2001-2003) Federal, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australia-Korea Business Council (chair, ?-2023) European Australian Business Council (chair, ?-2023) North Melbourne Football Club (patron, ?-2023) Qantas (board member, 1987-1990) Australian Industry Development Corporation (board member, 1988-1990)
Political Activism *	ALP (Vic) (member, ?-2023) ALP (federal) (politician, 1990-2013)
Workplaces *	Federated Storemen & Packers' Union of Australia (federal) (assistant secretary, 1974-1979) Federated Storemen & Packers' Union of Australia (federal) (secretary, 1979-1981) ACTU (vice president, 1981-1985) ACTU (president, 1985) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1990-2013) Australian Livestock Exporters Council (chair, 2014-2018)

* Dates are approximate

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