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Simon Crean is the Minister for Trade and the member for Hotham (Victoria) in the Parliament of Australia.
After graduating from Monash University, Mr Crean assumed several trade union leadership positions, including assistant general secretary
and general secretary of the
Federated Storemen and Packers Union of
Australia from 1976-1985.
In 1985, he was elected president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), having been active in the organisation since 1981. He was
a member of many national and international
labour organisations and during the late 1980s held memberships on the boards of Qantas and the Australian Industry Development Corporation.
Following his entry into to Federal Parliament in 1990, Mr Crean held a number of ministerial roles while the Labor Party was in Government, including Minister for Science and Technology, Minister assisting the Treasurer, Minister for Primary Industries and Energy and Minister for Employment, Education and Training.
From 1996, Mr Crean was a shadow minister covering the areas of trade, industry development, treasury and regional development. He was Leader of the Opposition between 2001 and 2003, Shadow Treasurer for the period 2003-2004 and Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Treasurer from 1998 until 2001. |
