Arthur Sinodinos

Arthur Sinodinos AO (born 1957 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian banker and former public servant. He was the Chief of Staff to the former Australian prime minister John Howard from 1997 to 2006, after serving with him previously from 1987 to 1989 when he was opposition leader and rejoining him in 1995. [ [http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,20892825-31037,00.html PM'S chief of staff resigns] , news.com.au, December 8 2006.] As a close confidant of the prime minister, he was regarded as one of the most powerful people in the country. [Kirk, Alexandra: [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s958850.htm Backroom politics with the PM's Chief of Staff] , PM (ABC Radio), October 2 2003.] He left to become an investment banking director with the bank Goldman Sachs. [Meterell, Mark: [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/pms-top-gun-quits-for-bank/2006/12/08/1165081126240.html PM's top gun quits for bank] , "The Sydney Morning Herald", December 8, 2006.] In 2008, he will be part of a panel that will mediate public input into the Defence White Paper. [ [http://news.smh.com.au/top-howard-aide-signs-with-labor/20080318-207e.html Top Howard aide signs with Labor] , "The Sydney Morning Herald", March 18, 2008.]

Sinodinos was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2008. [cite news | last=Coorey | first=Phillip | title=High honours for Howard and his right-hand man | date=June 10, 2008 | publisher=Sydney Morning Herald| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/high-honours-for-howard-and-his-righthand-man/2008/06/08/1212863458301.html]

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