Steve Doszpot
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Steve Doszpot is an Australia
n politician with the Liberal Party of Australia
, elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
in the Brindabella electorate
at the 2008 election
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He is Shadow Minister for Education & Training; Shadow Minister for Disability; Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs; and Shadow Minister for Sport & Recreation. He is also the Chair of the ACT Assembly Standing Committee on Health and Community Services.
Doszpot was Born in Budapest Hungary and arrived with his parents in Australia as a refugee, in 1957. He completed his secondary education at CBHS Lewisham (1961 to 1964). He moved to Canberra in 1974 and was involved in the computer industry as a senior executive with Wang Computer (Australia), Digital Equipment Corporation and Canon Australia, with a brief stint at the CSIRO ICT Centre as Business Development Manager in Canberra, before his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly in 2008. He was the Head of SOCOG in Canberra 1998 to 2000 and managed the Olympic Football Tournament staged in Canberra as part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He is past President of the ACT Olympic Council and Soccer Canberra and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician with the Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
, elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory...
in the Brindabella electorate
Brindabella electorate
The Brindabella electorate is one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It has five seats, and is the largest of the electorates in geographic area.-History:...
at the 2008 election
Australian Capital Territory general election, 2008
Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single...
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He is Shadow Minister for Education & Training; Shadow Minister for Disability; Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs; and Shadow Minister for Sport & Recreation. He is also the Chair of the ACT Assembly Standing Committee on Health and Community Services.
Doszpot was Born in Budapest Hungary and arrived with his parents in Australia as a refugee, in 1957. He completed his secondary education at CBHS Lewisham (1961 to 1964). He moved to Canberra in 1974 and was involved in the computer industry as a senior executive with Wang Computer (Australia), Digital Equipment Corporation and Canon Australia, with a brief stint at the CSIRO ICT Centre as Business Development Manager in Canberra, before his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly in 2008. He was the Head of SOCOG in Canberra 1998 to 2000 and managed the Olympic Football Tournament staged in Canberra as part of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He is past President of the ACT Olympic Council and Soccer Canberra and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.