Henry Jacques Ninio

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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Henry Jacques Ninio (27 October 1935 – 22 September 2023){{Cite web |title=Ninio, Henry Jacques {{!}} Death Notices {{!}} Adelaide |url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/ninio-henry-jacques/6127941/ |access-date=25 September 2023 |website=My Tributes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Crouch |first=Brad |date=25 September 2023 |title=Two-term Lord Mayor of Adelaide Henry Ninio Dies |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/twoterm-lord-mayor-of-adelaide-henry-ninio-dies/news-story/02f327e9e03f72217da2631540c6fc34}} was an Egyptian-born Australian pharmacist, entrepreneur and politician who served as the 75th Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide, South Australia.

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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. He established the Piaf Perfumery chain and Simes Australia with his business partner Alex Siros. {{Cite web |last=Jarvis-Bardy |first=Dan |date=6 September 2017 |title=Piaf Founder Simes Australia Shutting after 55 Years in Adelaide with Closing-down Sale |url=https://adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/city/piaf-founder-simes-australia-shutting-after-55-years-in-adelaide-with-closing-down-sale/news-story/16a81997fcbe995cd9b112bbe60a66d2}}

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.{{cite book|author=Cora Dove |title=The First 25 Years of Television in South Australia |year=1986 |page=95}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidejmuseum.org/history/civicleaders.htm|title=Civic Leaders|work=History|publisher=Adelaide Jewish Museum|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224105419/http://www.adelaidejmuseum.org/history/civicleaders.htm|archivedate=24 February 2012}}

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.

He was survived by his wife Lynette, 3 children and 6 grandchildren. His daughter, Jacqueline, became a rabbi at the Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney.{{cite web|url=http://www.emanuel.org.au/Page/Rabbi-Jacqueline-Ninio.cfm|title=Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio|publisher=Emanuel Synagogue|accessdate=25 July 2013}}