Warren Mundine | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Mundine on The Long Walk in 2014 | |
| National President of the Labor Party | |
| In office 26 January 2006 – 10 January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Barry Jones |
| Succeeded by | John Faulkner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nyunggai Warren Stephen Mundine 11 August 1956 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Labor (1995–2012) |
| Spouses | Jenny Ross
(m. 1975; div. 1982)Elizabeth Henderson (m. 2013) |
| Children | 10 |
Nyunggai Warren Stephen Mundine AO (born 11 August 1956) is an Australian businessman, political strategist, advocate for Indigenous affairs, and former politician. Starting his political career in 1995, Mundine became the first Indigenous person to serve on the City Council of Dubbo in New South Wales. He was the national president of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2006 to 2007 but quit the party in 2012. In 2013, Mundine was appointed chairman of the Coalition government's Indigenous Advisory Council by then-prime minister, Tony Abbott. Mundine was the Liberal Party's unsuccessful candidate for the marginal seat of Gilmore on the south coast of New South Wales in the 2019 Australian federal election.
As of 2023[update], Mundine was a lead campaigner for the successful "No" campaign in the lead-up to the 2023 Australian referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
He holds various roles in Indigenous initiatives, including Andrew Forrest's Generation One, and received the Officer of the Order of Australia in 2016.