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Henry Palaszczuk

Australian politician

Summary

Australian politician

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Honourable
name	Henry Palaszczuk
office	Minister for Water
term_start	2 February 2006
term_end	13 September 2006
premier	Peter Beattie
predecessor	Office created
successor	Kerry Shine
office1	Minister for Natural Resources and Mines
term_start1	28 July 2005
term_end1	13 September 2006
premier1	Peter Beattie
predecessor1	Stephen Robertson
successor1	Kerry Shine (Natural Resources)
Geoff Wilson (Mines)
office2	Minister for Fisheries
term_start2	12 February 2004
term_end2	28 July 2005
premier2	Peter Beattie
predecessor2	Trevor Perrett
successor2	Gordon Nuttall
office3	Minister for Rural Communities
term_start3	16 December 1999
term_end3	12 February 2004
premier3	Peter Beattie
predecessor3	Terry Mackenroth
successor3	Warren Pitt
office4	Minister for Primary Industries
term_start4	29 June 1998
term_end4	28 July 2005
premier4	Peter Beattie
predecessor4	Marc Rowell
successor4	Gordon Nuttall
office5	Shadow Minister for Primary Industries
term_start5	7 October 1997
term_end5	29 June 1998
leader5	Peter Beattie
predecessor5	Robert Schwarten
successor5	Russell Cooper
office6	Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs
term_start6	27 February 1996
term_end6	7 October 1997
leader6	Peter Beattie
predecessor6	Howard Hobbs
successor6	Robert Schwarten
constituency_MP7	Inala
parliament7	Queensland
predecessor7	New seat
successor7	Annastacia Palaszczuk
term_start7	19 September 1992
term_end7	9 September 2006
constituency_MP8	Archerfield
parliament8	Queensland
predecessor8	Kevin Hooper
successor8	Len Ardill
term_start8	19 May 1984
term_end8	19 September 1992
birth_date
birth_place	Germany
birthname	Heinrich Palaszczuk
nationality	Australian
party	Labor
children	4 (Including Annastacia)
parents	Hipolit Palaszczuk and Ludwika (nee Boba)
education	Kelvin Grove Teachers College
alma_mater	Queensland University

|honorific-prefix = The Honourable

Geoff Wilson (Mines)

Heinrich Palaszczuk (, Polish: ; born 12 January 1947) is a former Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, and minister of the Beattie Government of Queensland. He was elected as the member for Archerfield in 1984, and held that seat until his election as the member for Inala in 1992. Palaszczuk retired from politics in 2006, and was succeeded in his seat of Inala by his daughter Annastacia Palaszczuk, who was the Premier of Queensland from 2015 until her resignation in December 2023.

Early life and career

Palaszczuk was born in Germany to Polish parents. His family moved to Queensland when he was young. Prior to entering politics, he earned a Diploma of Education and became a school teacher. From 1980 to 1987, he was a secretary of the Inala Branch of the Labor Party, and served as the president of various electorate committees for state and federal government. Between 1985 and 1993, he worked as the campaign director on elections for the City of Brisbane and the federal electoral division of Rankin.

Member of parliament

As a member of parliament, Palaszczuk served on numerous committees, including the Estimates Committee and Standing Orders Committee, as well as being a Deputy Government Whip between 1990 and 1992.

When the Goss Labor Government was re-elected in 1995, the Labor caucus nominated Palaszczuk for speaker, to replace the sitting Labor speaker Jim Fouras. Labor later voted for Fouras in parliament, however, due to fears that Fouras would be re-elected as speaker with the support of the Nationals and Liberals. Wanting to avoid the controversy of Fouras crossing the floor to elect himself as speaker, Labor decided to support him instead of Palaszczuk.

Shadow Cabinet

After the fall of the Goss Government in February 1996, Palaszczuk joined the Opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs, later moving to Primary Industries.

Beattie Government Minister

Palaszczuk (top row, third from left) with fellow members of the [[Beattie Ministry]] in June 1998

When the Beattie Labor Government was elected in 1998, Palaszczuk was appointed Minister for Primary Industries. In 1999, he was also appointed Minister for Rural Communities. Following the 2004 election, he was appointed Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries. When Terry Mackenroth resigned as Treasurer and Deputy Premier in 2005, he was appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, and in 2006 he had Water added to his portfolio.

He continued in cabinet until he retired at the 2006 election.

Personal life

Palaszczuk is married, and has four daughters,

References

"Member Biography of Henry Palaszczuk". Parliament of Queensland.
"Palaszczuk, Mr Heinrich (Henry)". Queensland Parliament.
(5 September 1995). "First Session of the 48th Parliament of Queensland". Parliament of Queensland.
"Henry Palaszczuk's Twitter account".

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