His Excellency  David de Kretser  AC
27th Governor of Victoria
Incumbent
Assumed office  7 April 2006
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Premier	Steve Bracks, John Brumby
Lieutenant	Marilyn Warren AC QC
Preceded by	John Landy AC CVO MBE
Born	27 April 1939 (1939-04-27) (age 70) Colombo, Ceylon
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Jan de Kretser (née Warren)
Residence	Government House, Melbourne
Alma mater	University of Melbourne, Monash University
Profession	Medical researcher
Website	http://www.governor.vic.gov.au/

David Morritz de Kretser, AC (born 27 April 1939) is an Australian medical researcher, and the Governor of Victoria. He succeeded John Landy as the 27th Governor of Victoria on 7 April 2006. The Victorian Premier at the time, Steve Bracks announced the appointment on 19 January 2006.

Of Burgher ancestry, de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon), and immigrated to Australia with his family when aged nine. He was educated at Camberwell Grammar School (where he is currently a member of the school board), received his MBBS degrees from the University of Melbourne in 1962, and his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Monash University in 1969.

De Kretser is an infertility and andrology expert, and a long-serving academic. He began working at Monash University in 1965 in the university's department of anatomy, and previously worked as both foundation director of the Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development (recently renamed the Monash Institute of Medical Research) and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (Biotechnology Department). He was also a senior Fellow of endocrinology at the University of Washington in Seattle from 1969 to 1971.

He founded a medical research group, Andrology Australia. Among memberships of other professional groups, he is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

De Kretser has been married to his wife, Jan, for over 40 years, and has four sons. In 2001, he was named as Victoria's Father of the Year. On 12 June 2006, in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, he was awarded Australia's highest civilian honour, Companion of the Order of Australia (AC). David de Kretser is also a knight of the British Venerable Order of Saint John.

[edit] References

• Lucas, Clay (19 January 2006). "Victoria's new governor named". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/victorias-new-governor-named/2006/01/19/1137553691649.html. 
• BioMelbourne (2003). BioMelbourne: Professor David de Kretser AC. Retrieved 19 January 2006.

[edit] External links

• Official Site of the Governor of Victoria