Sam Dastyari
Sam Dastyari | |
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Dastyari at the Sydney Mardi Gras in 2014 | |
| Senator for New South Wales | |
| In office 21 August 2013 – 25 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Matt Thistlethwaite |
| Succeeded by | Kristina Keneally |
| General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party | |
| In office 17 July 2010 – 21 August 2013 | |
| Leader | Kristina Keneally John Robertson |
| Preceded by | Matt Thistlethwaite |
| Succeeded by | Jamie Clements |
| Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate | |
| In office 3 February 2017 – 30 November 2017 | |
| Leader | Penny Wong |
| Chief Whip | Anne Urquhart |
| Preceded by | Catryna Bilyk |
| Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate | |
| In office 23 July 2016 – 7 September 2016 | |
| Deputy | Katy Gallagher |
| Leader | Penny Wong |
| Preceded by | Claire Moore |
| Succeeded by | Katy Gallagher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sahand Dastyari 28 July 1983 Sari, Mazandaran Province, Iran |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse |
Helen Barron (m. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Russell Lea, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | Baulkham Hills High School |
| Alma mater | Macquarie University |
Sam Dastyari (born 28 July 1983) is an Australian former politician, who from 2013 to 2018 represented New South Wales in the Australian Senate as a member of the Australian Labor Party. Dastyari was previously General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party. He was the first person of Iranian origin and Azerbaijani descent to sit in the Australian Parliament. As a Senator, Dastyari was the subject of a Chinese-related donations scandal, which eventually led to his resignation from the Senate on 25 January 2018.