Henry Ninio

Henry Jacques Ninio (27 October 1935 – 22 September 2023) was an Egyptian-born Australian pharmacist, entrepreneur and politician who served as the 75th Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide, South Australia.

Ninio was born in Cairo to Sephardic Jewish parents who had migrated from Izmir, Turkey. He attended Cairo University before migrating with his family to Adelaide in 1956, graduating as a pharmacist in 1960.

Ninio was a member of the French Perfume Association of Australia and the Australian Society of Perfumers and Flavourists and an avid collector of antique perfume bottles.

He served as councillor in Gray ward on the Adelaide City Council and then Alderman before being elected Lord Mayor in 1993. He also served as the president of Beit Shalom Synagogue in 1983.

The French Government has honoured him in 1993 as Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite for his continued efforts in developing friendship between the two countries of France and Australia. Gallery