Telmo Languiller
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Telmo Ramon Languiller-Tornesi (born 31 July 1957) is an Australia
n politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party
member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
since 1999, representing first Sunshine
(1999–2002) and then Derrimut
.
Languiller was born in Montevideo
, Uruguay
, but soon migrated to Australia
. He attended high school at Flemington
in Victoria
, and received a Bachelor of Arts
majoring in sociology and politics from Footscray Institute of Technology. He had previously worked as a labourer, a Spanish interpreter, and a trade unionist. From 1993 to 1996 he was electorate officer for federal MP Brian Howe
, and became Chief of Staff for Andrew Theophanous
in 1996.
In 1999, he was selected as the Labor
candidate for the safe seat of Sunshine
, succeeding the retiring Ian Baker, and was duly elected. His seat was abolished in 2002 and replaced with Derrimut
, which Languiller won and has represented since. In 2002 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, and he has been an Acting Speaker since 2004. In 2006 he moved to the Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs position, and then to Human Services in 2007.
Languiller does not live in the Derrimut area he represents, instead he resides in Albert Park. On the 20th May 2010 he attended Sunshine Police Station in relation to allegations by his former staff member Costas Socroutas that Languiller was involved in branch stacking and money laundering in order to raise funds to pay the memberships of members falsely enrolled in the Labor party.
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. He has been an Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...
since 1999, representing first Sunshine
Electoral district of Sunshine
Electoral district of Sunshine was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Sunshine:...
(1999–2002) and then Derrimut
Electoral district of Derrimut
The Electoral district of Derrimut is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the western suburbs of Melbourne and contains the suburbs of Albion, Derrimut as well as parts of St Albans and Sunshine....
.
Languiller was born in Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
, but soon migrated to Australia
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...
. He attended high school at Flemington
Flemington, Victoria
Flemington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, situated between the Maribyrnong River and Moonee Ponds Creek 4 km north-west from Melbourne's central business district. It was named by settler James Watson after Flemington estate in Scotland. Its Local Government Areas are the...
in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, and received a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
majoring in sociology and politics from Footscray Institute of Technology. He had previously worked as a labourer, a Spanish interpreter, and a trade unionist. From 1993 to 1996 he was electorate officer for federal MP Brian Howe
Brian Howe (politician)
Brian Leslie Howe, AO , Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister in the Labor government of Paul Keating from 1991 to 1995....
, and became Chief of Staff for Andrew Theophanous
Andrew Theophanous
Andrew Charles Theophanous is a former Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1980 to 2000, and an independent member from 2000 to 2001...
in 1996.
In 1999, he was selected as the Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
candidate for the safe seat of Sunshine
Electoral district of Sunshine
Electoral district of Sunshine was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Sunshine:...
, succeeding the retiring Ian Baker, and was duly elected. His seat was abolished in 2002 and replaced with Derrimut
Electoral district of Derrimut
The Electoral district of Derrimut is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the western suburbs of Melbourne and contains the suburbs of Albion, Derrimut as well as parts of St Albans and Sunshine....
, which Languiller won and has represented since. In 2002 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, and he has been an Acting Speaker since 2004. In 2006 he moved to the Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs position, and then to Human Services in 2007.
Languiller does not live in the Derrimut area he represents, instead he resides in Albert Park. On the 20th May 2010 he attended Sunshine Police Station in relation to allegations by his former staff member Costas Socroutas that Languiller was involved in branch stacking and money laundering in order to raise funds to pay the memberships of members falsely enrolled in the Labor party.