Ken Michael

Kenneth " Ken " Comninos Michael AC ( born April 12, 1938 in Perth, Western Australia ) is an Australian civil servant and was from 2006 to 2011 Governor of Western Australia.

Biography

After school he studied at Imperial College London and started on his return to a career in the management of Western Australia, where he was first chairman of the Development Authority of East Perth and then a member of the authority for the regulation of the economy. After a subsequent work as a Commissioner for the main roads of the state he was last Chancellor of the University of Western Australia ( UWA ). He became a member of the Order of Australia in 1996.

Michael was on 18 January 2006 after the end of the tenure of John Sanderson and temporary provisional official leadership of David Malcolm Governor of Western Australia. Ken Michael was at the same time in 2006 Companion of the Order of Australia.

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