Mike Rann

The Honourable
Mike Rann
AC CNZM
The Honourable Mike Rann AC CNZM
Australian Ambassador to Italy, Albania, Libya and San Marino
	In office; 27 June 2014 – 8 January 2016
Preceded by	David Ritchie
Succeeded by	Greg French
Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
	In office; 23 August 2012 – 31 March 2014
Preceded by	John Dauth
Succeeded by	Alexander Downer
44th Premier of South Australia
	In office; 5 March 2002 – 21 October 2011
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Marjorie Jackson-Nelson; Kevin Scarce
Deputy	Kevin Foley; John Rau
Preceded by	Rob Kerin
Succeeded by	Jay Weatherill
Preceded by	In office; 27 February 2008 – 27 December 2008
Other offices held
National President of the Labor Party
	In office; 27 February 2008 – 27 December 2008
Preceded by	John Faulkner
Succeeded by	Linda Burney
Leader of the Opposition in South Australia
	In office; 20 September 1994 – 5 March 2002
Deputy	Ralph Clarke; Annette Hurley
Preceded by	Lynn Arnold
Succeeded by	Rob Kerin
Leader of the South Australian Labor Party
	In office; 20 September 1994 – 21 October 2011
Deputy	Ralph Clarke; Annette Hurley; Kevin Foley; John Rau
Preceded by	Lynn Arnold
Succeeded by	Jay Weatherill
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor Party
	In office; 14 December 1993 – 20 September 1994
Leader	Dr. Lynn Arnold
Preceded by	Frank Blevins
Succeeded by	Ralph Clarke
Minister for Business and Tourism
	In office; 1 October 1992 – 14 December 1993
Preceded by	Barbara Wiese
Succeeded by	Graham Ingerson
Minister of Employment and Further Education, Minister of Youth and Aboriginal Affairs
	In office; 14 December 1989 – 1 October 1992
Preceded by	Terry Hemmings
Succeeded by	Kym Mayes
Member of the South Australian ; House of Assembly
	In office; 7 December 1985 – 13 January 2012
Preceded by	district established (Briggs); Lynn Arnold (Ramsay)
Succeeded by	district abolished (Briggs); Zoe Bettison (Ramsay)
Constituency	Briggs (1985–1993); Ramsay (1993–2012)
Personal details
Born	Michael David Rann; 5 January 1953; Sidcup, Kent, England, United Kingdom (now London, England)
Party	Australian Labor Party (SA)
Other political; affiliations	New Zealand Labour Party (1970s)
Spouse(s)	Jenny Russell (divorced); Sasha Carruozzo (2006–present)
Education	Northcote College
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Profession	Journalist
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Michael David Rann AC CNZM (born 5 January 1953) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who was the 44th premier of South Australia from 2002 to 2011. He was later Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2014, and Australian ambassador to Italy, Albania, Libya and San Marino from 2014 to 2016.

Rann grew up in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, completing a Bachelor and Master of Arts in political science at the University of Auckland. Before entering Parliament, Rann worked as an advisor to South Australian Labor Parliamentarians.

Rann became leader of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party and South Australian Leader of the Opposition in 1994 and led the party to minority government at the 2002 election. He resigned as Premier in October 2011 and was succeeded by Jay Weatherill. Rann is the third-longest serving Premier of South Australia behind Thomas Playford IV and John Bannon and served a record 17 years as South Australian Labor parliamentary leader from 1994 to 2011. He was a South Australian MP in the House of Assembly from the 1985 election and Father of the House from the 2010 election until his parliamentary resignation on 13 January 2012.