- Ken Michael
Infobox Governor
honorific-prefix =His Excellency
name = Dr. Kenneth Michael
honorific-suffix =
AC
order = 30th
office = Governor of Western Australia
term_start =18 January 2006
term_end =
lieutenant =
monarch = Queen Elizabeth II
premier =Geoff Gallop Alan Carpenter
predecessor =John Sanderson AC
successor =
birth_date =
birth_place =Perth ,Western Australia
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = flagicon|AustraliaAustralia n
spouse = Julie Diana Michael
relations =
children =
residence =Government House, Perth
alma_mater =University of Western Australia
occupation =
profession =
religion =
website = http://www.govhouse.wa.gov.au/
footnotes =Kenneth Comninos Michael, AC (born 1938) is the 30th Governor of
Western Australia , succeeding Lieutenant-GeneralJohn Sanderson .His vice-regal appointment was announced on
June 6 2005 by the then PremierGeoff Gallop and he was sworn in atGovernment House, Perth onJanuary 18 2006 by theChief Justice of theSupreme Court of Western Australia and Lieutenant-Governor,David Malcolm .Previously, Dr Michael was Chancellor of the
University of Western Australia . He was also chairman of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, a member of the Economic Regulation Authority, and a former Commissioner of Main Roads WA. He studied atImperial College London .Dr Michael was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 1996, and elevated to a Companion in the
Order of Australia in the 2006 Australia Day Honours. He was named Western Australian Citizen of the Year in 2001 and received the Centenary of Federation medal in 2003 for "service to the public, engineering and the Greek Community".In 2006 Dr Michael was named the patron of the
Fremantle Football Club , following in the footsteps of Lieutenant-General Sanderson who was also patron at Fremantle. He has been a member of the club since 1994 as an inaugural Quay Club member.References
* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1385419.htm ABC news report of announcement of next Governor]
* [http://www.celebratewa.com.au/Emblems/view.asp?ItemID=12 Celebrate WA]
* [http://fremantlefc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=248142 Announcement as Patron of Fremantle]
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