Steve Dimopoulos

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Steve Dimopoulos

| honorific-suffix = MP

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| office1 = Minister for the Environment

| premier1 = Jacinta Allan

| term_start1 = 2 October 2023

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| predecessor1 = Ingrid Stitt

| office2 = Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events

| premier2 = Jacinta Allan
Daniel Andrews

| term_start2 = 27 June 2022

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| predecessor2 = Martin Pakula

| office3 = Minister for Outdoor Recreation

| premier3 = Jacinta Allan

| term_start3 = 2 October 2023

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| predecessor3 = Sonya Kilkenny

| office4 = Minister for Creative Industries

| premier4 = Daniel Andrews

| term_start4 = 27 June 2022

| term_end4 = 2 October 2023

| predecessor4 = Danny Pearson

| successor4 = Colin Brooks

| constituency_AM5 = Oakleigh

| assembly5 = Victorian Legislative

| term_start5 = 29 November 2014

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| predecessor5 = Ann Barker

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1972}}

| birth_place = Australia

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| nationality = Australian

| party = Labor

| spouse = John Cardona

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| alma_mater = Monash University{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

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| website = {{URL|https://stevedimopoulos.com.au/}}

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Steve Dimopoulos (born 1972) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2014 representing the electoral district of Oakleigh.{{Cite web|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/vic-election-2014/guide/oakl/|title = Oakleigh Results|accessdate = 29 June 2022|website = ABC News}} He served as the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events and the Minister for Creative Industries in the Second Andrews Ministry from June 2022 to September 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/statement-new-ministry|title=Statement On New Ministry|publisher=Office of the Premier of Victoria|accessdate = 18 July 2022}} He continued as Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for Outdoor Recreation in the Allan Ministry.

Early career

Prior to his election to state parliament, Dimopoulos was a councillor, and former mayor of the City of Monash. He previously worked as a public servant in the Department of Justice and the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. He also worked for the former federal member for Hotham, Simon Crean. Before entering politics Dimopoulos was a small business owner in Oakleigh.{{cite web |title=Oakleigh – Labor: Steve Dimopoulos |url=http://junctionjournalism.com/2018/11/07/labor-steve-dimopolous/ |website=The Junction |date=7 November 2018 |accessdate=25 June 2020}}

Political career

In 2018 Dimopoulos was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer. He then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, and Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health from 2020.

Dimopoulos was sworn in as Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events and Minister for Creative Industries on 27 June 2022.{{Cite web|url = https://www.vic.gov.au/ministers-swearing-in-ceremony|title = Ministers swearing in ceremony|accessdate = 28 June 2022|website = State Government of Victoria}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-27/victoria-new-ministers-frontbench-sworn-in/101183472|title = Victoria's transformed frontbench sworn in|accessdate = 28 June 2022|website = ABC News| date=27 June 2022 }}

Originally a member of Labor Right, Dimopoulos defected to Labor Left along with six of his colleagues shortly after the 2022 Victorian state election; the defections of his colleagues and himself meant that Labor Left constituted a majority of the state Labor caucus.{{cite web |last1=Ilanbey |first1=Sumeyya |last2=Sakkal |first2=Paul |title=Andrews boosts internal grip on power, two ministers in firing line for demotion |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/andrews-boosts-internal-grip-on-power-two-ministers-in-firing-line-for-demotion-20221201-p5c305.html |website=The Age |date=December 2022 |access-date=3 December 2022}}{{cite web |last1=McCubbing |first1=Gus |title=Andrews scores factional win as Strictly Ballroom star becomes MP |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/andrews-scores-factional-win-as-strictly-ballroom-star-becomes-mp-20221202-p5c3a4 |website=Australian Financial Review |date=2 December 2022 |access-date=3 December 2022}}

= Electoral history =

class="wikitable" \|+Electoral history of Steve Dimopaulos in the Parliament of Victoria ! rowspan="2" \|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Electorate ! rowspan="2" \|Party ! colspan="4" \|First Preference Result ! colspan="4" \|Two Candidate Result
Votes !% !+% !Position !Votes !% !+% !Result
2014 \| rowspan="3" \|Oakleigh \| rowspan="3" \|Labor \|15,903 \|45.8 \| +4.3 \|1st \|20,224 \|58.2 \| +3.1 \|Elected
2018 \|19,202 \|53.57 \| +7.82 \|1st \|23,587 \|65.78 \| +7.60 \|Elected
2022 \|19,778 \|45.0 \|−8.3 \|1st \|27,876 \|63.5 \|−2.6 \|Elected

class="wikitable"

|+Electoral history of Steve Dimopaulos in the Parliament of Victoria

! rowspan="2" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Electorate

! rowspan="2" |Party

! colspan="4" |First Preference Result

! colspan="4" |Two Candidate Result

Votes

!+%

!Position

!Votes

!+%

!Result

2014

| rowspan="3" |Oakleigh

| rowspan="3" |Labor

|15,903

|45.8

| +4.3

|1st

|20,224

|58.2

| +3.1

|Elected

2018

|19,202

|53.57

| +7.82

|1st

|23,587

|65.78

| +7.60

|Elected

2022

|19,778

|45.0

|−8.3

|1st

|27,876

|63.5

|−2.6

|Elected

Personal life

Dimopoulos is of Greek descent. He and Harriet Shing are the first openly gay frontbenchers in the Parliament of Victoria.{{cite web |title=Hellenes nominate for Vic ALP |url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/20773/hellenes-nominate-for-vic-alp/ |website=Neos Kosmos |date=2 December 2013 |accessdate=12 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=State gets first openly gay ministers |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-s-first-openly-gay-ministers-sworn-in-20220627-p5awtb.html |accessdate= 7 July 2022|website = The Age|date=27 June 2022 }}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://stevedimopoulos.com.au}}
[https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/members-search/search-members/details/22/5 Member profile – Parliament of Victoria website]

{{s-ttl|title=Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events|years=2022–present}}

Category:1972 births

Category:Living people

Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria

Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Category:Victoria (state) local councillors

Category:Mayors of places in Victoria (state)

Category:Australian people of Greek descent

Category:LGBTQ legislators in Australia

Category:Australian gay politicians

Category:Labor Left politicians

Category:Ministers for the creative industries (Victoria)

Category:Ministers for sport (Victoria)

Category:Ministers for the environment (Victoria)

Category:21st-century mayors of places in Australia

Category:Ministers for tourism (Victoria)