Morris Iemma

Quick Facts

Full Name	Morris Iemma
Date Of Birth	Jul 21, 1961(1961-07-21)
Age	63
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Cancer

Morris Iemma Biography

Morris Iemma is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 21, 1961 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Morris Iemma, /’j em@/; born 21 July 1961, is an ex-Australian politician and was the 40th Premier for New South Wales. From 3 August 2005 to 5 Sept 2008, he was the Premier of New South Wales. Iemma was a Sydney resident and attended the University of Sydney as well as the University of Technology, Sydney. He is a member of Labor Party and was elected first to the Parliament of New South Wales in 1991. Prior to that, he had been a trade union official. Iemma served as a minister in the fourth and third ministries headed by Bob Carr from 1999 to 2005. After Carr’s resignation, he was replaced by Carr as leader and premier of the New South Wales Labor Party. Iemma was the leader of Labor’s victory in the 2007 state elections, though with a smaller majority. After losing support from caucus in 2008, he resigned his position as premier and fled parliament shortly thereafter, prompting a by-election. Nathan Rees replaced him as premier.

Iemma served as Minister for Public Works and Services and Minister Assisting The Premier on Citizenship (1999-2003), and Minister for Sport and Recreation (2001–2003). He was also Minister for Health (2003–2005). Although his tenure as Health Minister was relatively uncontroversial, he said that the Health portfolio is “one of the most difficult and largest jobs in government.”

When Bob Carr announced his intention to retire as New South Wales Premier on 3 August 2005, Iemma immediately announced his candidacy to succeed him as leader of the NSW Labor Party and thus as Premier. Police Minister Carl Scully was also a candidate, but on 29 July he withdrew. Iemma was the only candidate when the Labor Caucus met on 2 August to elect a new leader. He was formally appointed by Professor Marie Bashir, the Governor of New South Wales, on 3 August.

Despite its relatively short term in office, the Iemma Government faced significant service delivery problems in transport, health care and future water supplies. Sydney newspapers consistently asserted that Iemma’s government was more interested in “spin” than policy development. Other embarrassments beset his premiership. For example, in February 2006, while awaiting the start of a COAG media conference in Canberra, while chatting to Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and not realising cameras were operating, Iemma was recorded as saying:

Iemma was married to Santina Raiti in 1997. They have four children together.

Morris Iemma Net Worth

Morris Iemma is one of the richest Politician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Morris Iemma 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Iemma is part of the dominant right-wing faction in the New South Wales branch, Australian Labor Party. He was an official at the Commonwealth Bank Employees Union from 1984 to 1986. Then he was an advisor to Senator Graham Richardson, who held the social security and environment portfolios in both the Bob Hawke federal government and Paul Keating federal government.

Iemma was elected in 1991 to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as Hurstville’s seat. He defeated a Liberal member with the slogan “A local who pays attention”. He won a hard pre-selection battle to secure the safe seat at Lakemba after the seat of Hurstville was abolished. This seat included a portion of the old seat in Hurstville. Iemma held Lakemba from his resignation in 2008

Iemma immediately faced a number of resignations. Deputy Premier and Treasurer Andrew Refshauge, and senior minister Craig Knowles, once considered a potential leader himself, both declared they would leave politics. Iemma took the Treasury portfolio for himself. Among his first policy moves as new Premier, Iemma announced the immediate repealing of the vendor tax (a tax on investment property) that was introduced by the Carr government in 2003.

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Who is Morris Iemma Dating?

According to our records, Morris Iemma married to Santina Raiti. As of December 1, 2023, Morris Iemma’s is not dating anyone.

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The Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre, named in honour of Iemma and operated by the City of Canterbury in partnership with the YMCA NSW, is a modern sports facility that caters for a variety of indoor sports, including netball, basketball, soccer and volleyball as well as incorporating a gym, change rooms, cafeteria and childcare services. The facility was opened in March 2011.

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Morris Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Morris Iemma celebrates birthday on July 21 of every year.

In November 2012 and March 2014 Iemma was called before the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in relation to allegations of corrupt behaviour by Eddie Obeid regarding a dispute between Australian Water Holdings and Sydney Water; and in relation to allegations of corrupt behaviour by Ian Macdonald and Obeid regarding the issuing of lucrative mining licences near Bylong. Both Obeid and Macdonald were found by ICAC to have acted in a corrupt manner regarding the issuing of mining licences and criminal charges were laid.