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Ralph Jacobi

1928 – 2002

Australian politician

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About Ralph Jacobi

Lived 1928 – 2002 (aged 73). Ralph Jacobi was an Australian politician.

Ralph Jacobi (4 December 192816 January 2002 ) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1969 until 1987.

Before parliament, Jacobi was employed in the merchant navy and was executive officer of the South Australian Trades and Labour Council and secretary of the Australian Government Workers Association. In parliament, he was a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defence and Trade Committee, the Library Committee and the Privileges Committee. He refused to be in a party faction, which reportedly cost him the chairmanship of the foreign affairs and trade committee in 1984. Although a backbencher, he made significant policy contributions in the areas of reforming corporations law and the regulation of the insurance industry.

In 1987, as knowledge of Jacobi's condition of lymphatic cancer became known, nearly all members of the House of Representatives signed a petition for his appointment of the Order of Australia; it was included in the Queen's Birthday Honours, 1987. After leaving politics, he was chair of the Advisory Council of the National Archives of Australia from 1988 to 1991.

Ralph Jacobi died in 2002, aged 73.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Positions held
Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Awards
Member of the Order of Australia

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ralph Jacobi's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ralph Jacobi?

Australian politician (1928–2002)

When was Ralph Jacobi born?

Ralph Jacobi was born on 4 December 1928 in Keswick.

When did Ralph Jacobi die?

Ralph Jacobi died on 16 January 2002 in Adelaide.

What was Ralph Jacobi's occupation?

Ralph Jacobi was a politician.

What nationality was Ralph Jacobi?

Ralph Jacobi was Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ralph Jacobi

· Wikidata: Q7287707

· DBpedia: Ralph Jacobi

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