Biography

Parliamentary service

• Chosen by the Parliament of Victoria on 21.8.2013 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that State in the Senate, vice the Hon. D Feeney (resigned). Defeated at general elections 2013.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Electoral Matters served from 4.12.2013 to 30.6.2014; Parliamentary Library served from 4.12.2013 to 30.6.2014
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014; Education and Employment: Legislation served from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014; Education and Employment: References served from 12.11.2013 to 30.6.2014
• Senate Standing: Parliamentary Library served from 12.11.2013 to 1.12.2013

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.08.2013 to 30.06.2014

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party Rules Revision Committee.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Vic.).
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Housing and Local Government Committee.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Immigration and Ethnic Policy Committee.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Administrative Committee (Vic.).
• Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1993.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Public Office Selection Committee, 2008.

Personal

• Born: 10.9.1974, Tavas, Turkey
• Died: 9.11.2019
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Research manager.
• Ministerial adviser from 2012 to 2013.