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Ms gladys11/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Political career Opposition (2003–2011) Berejiklian (right) with Andrew Stoner, Victor Dominello and Liberal Leader Barry O'Farrell in 2008īerejiklian won Liberal preselection for Willoughby in 2003 when former Opposition Leader Peter Collins, who had represented the Willoughby area since 1981, decided to retire. Berejiklian also worked for Peter Collins and Senator Helen Coonan and the Commonwealth Bank as general manager, Youth Retail Banking and Government & Industry Affairs. She also served as a Delegate to State Council (1996–2003), Urban Representative of the NSW Liberal Party State Executive (1997–2003), Campaign Director for State seat of Willoughby (1999) and Chair of Convention Committee (2002). She joined the Liberal Party in 1993 and was president of the New South Wales Young Liberals from 1997 to 1998, being the third female president in its history. She has a Bachelor of Arts (1992) and a graduate diploma in international studies (1996) from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Commerce from the University of New South Wales (2001). She was a member of Girl Guides and continues to support the organisation. īerejiklian attended North Ryde High School, which became Peter Board High School from 1986, a public, co-educational school in North Ryde. In 2015, she attended a commemoration ceremony in Yerevan for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. She has remained involved in the Armenian-Australian community, serving a term on the Armenian National Committee of Australia. Berejiklian spoke only Armenian until she was five years old, when she began learning English. Her mother was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine. Her grandparents were orphaned by Turkish soldiers in the Armenian genocide in 1915 and her father was born in Aleppo, Syria, where she still has family. ![]() Early life īerejiklian was born in Manly Hospital, Sydney, the eldest of three daughters born to Armenian parents, Krikor (1932–2022) and Arsha. ![]() In 2023 ICAC findings stated that Berejiklian engaged in "serious corrupt conduct" by refusing to report Maguire's corrupt statements to her, but did not recommend criminal charges against her as ICAC evidence is not admissible in criminal court due to the loss of the right to silence within hearings. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet succeeded Berejiklian as premier of New South Wales. Berejiklian stayed on as premier until a replacement was elected at a party room meeting, held on 5 October 2021. In October 2021, Berejiklian announced her intention to resign as both premier and member for Willoughby after the start of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) investigation to determine whether a "breach of public trust" had occurred, over her failure to disclose the secret relationship with Daryl Maguire when relevant to her ministerial duties, and her failure to report potentially corrupt statements Maguire made to her that were recorded in phone calls during the Maguire ICAC investigation. In her second term, she led New South Wales's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was re-elected after winning the 2019 state election. She assumed the role of premier after Mike Baird's resignation in January 2017. She was also the deputy leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party between 20. She was given the roles of Treasurer and Minister for Industrial Relations in the second Baird government, and Minister for Transport in the O'Farrell and first Baird governments. īerejiklian became a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly after winning the electoral district of Willoughby in the 2003 state election. Berejiklian currently works as an executive for the telecommunications company Optus. Gladys Berejiklian ( Armenian: Գլեդիս Բերեջիկլյան, romanized: Gledis Berejiklyan born 22 September 1970) is an Australian businesswoman and former politician who served as the 45th premier of New South Wales and the leader of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party from 2017 to 2021.
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