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Kerry Chikarovski is an Australian politician who served as the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from 1998 to 2002. She was the first woman to lead a major political party in New South Wales. Kerry Chikarovski was born in Sydney, Australia, on April 4, 1956. She attended the University of Sydney, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978. She then went on to study law at the University of Technology Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1981. Kerry Chikarovski began her political career in 1988, when she was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Member for Epping. She served in various ministerial roles in the Greiner and Fahey governments, including Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Industrial Relations, and Minister for Women. In 1998, Kerry Chikarovski was elected Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party, becoming the first woman to lead a major political party in New South Wales. She led the party to victory in the 1999 state election, becoming the first female Premier of New South Wales. However, she was defeated in the 2003 election. Kerry Chikarovski has since served as a director of several companies, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, and the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. Kerry Chikarovski is estimated to have a net worth of around $2 million.

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Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 4 April, 1956
Birthday 4 April
Birthplace Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Her husband is Chris Chikarovski (m. 1979–1998)

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2003

At the March 2003 election she retired from parliament.

Following her resignation from Parliament in 2003, in 2004 she launched her co-authored autobiography, Chika.

1998

On 8 December 1998 she replaced Peter Collins as leader, and also held the position of Shadow Minister for the Arts, Ethnic Affairs and Women. In 1999 she lost the state election to Labor Premier Bob Carr in a landslide. In 2002, John Brogden, a member of her shadow cabinet, announced a challenge to her leadership. Despite the endorsement of Prime Minister John Howard – himself a Sydney-sider – Chikarovski lost the leadership to Brogden by one vote.

1994

She replaced Bruce Baird as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in December 1994 and held that post until the Liberal Party was defeated in 1995.

1993

In 1993, she became Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment and Minister for The Status of Women (29 May 1993 – 4 April 1995). With her dual responsibilities of Industrial Relations and Women, Kerry oversaw the development and introduction of flexible working conditions for the public sector and the implementation of mentoring programs to encourage women to seek careers at the highest level of the NSW public service.

1992

Following the resignation of incumbent John Dowd, Chikarovski won pre-selection for the safe Liberal seat of Lane Cove in 1991, her primary competition for which was then MLC John Hannaford. In 1992, she was appointed Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Education (3 July 1992 – 26 May 1993). During her time as Minister, Kerry facilitated national agreement to the Introduction of a Uniform Credit Code.

1979

While at University, Chikarovski met her future husband, Kris Chikarovski, and they married in 1979. Following a brief career in private practice, she went on to lecture part-time at the College of Law before entering parliament.

1964

Chikarovski was born in Sydney to Jill and former Willoughby Mayor Greg Bartels AM. In 1964, her father took up a post working at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and she, along with her mother and three sisters, also moved, living there for the next five years. It was while living in New York that Chikarovski had a brief encounter with, Robert Kennedy, which would influence her decision to go into politics years later.

1956

Kerry Anne Chikarovski (née Bartels; 4 April 1956) is former Australian politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party in New South Wales and Leader of the Opposition between 1999 and 2002, the first woman to hold the post.

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