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His Excellency  Kenneth Michael  AC
30th Governor of Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office  18 January 2006
Monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Premier	Colin Barnett
Preceded by	John Sanderson AC
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Julie Diana Michael
Residence	Government House, Perth
Alma mater	University of Western Australia
Website	http://www.govhouse.wa.gov.au/

Kenneth Comninos Michael, AC (born 1938) is the 30th Governor of Western Australia, succeeding Lieutenant-General John Sanderson.

His vice-regal appointment was announced on 6 June 2005 by the then Premier Geoff Gallop and he was sworn in at Government House, Perth on 18 January 2006 by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and Lieutenant-Governor, David Malcolm.

Previously, Michael was Chancellor of the University of Western Australia. He was also chairman of the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, a member of the Economic Regulation Authority, and a former Commissioner of Main Roads WA. He studied at Imperial College London.

Michael was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 1996, and elevated to a Companion in the Order of Australia in the 2006 Australia Day Honours. He was named Western Australian Citizen of the Year in 2001 and received the Centenary of Federation medal in 2003 for service to the public, engineering and the Greek Community.

In 2006 Michael was named the patron of the Fremantle Football Club, following in the footsteps of Lieutenant-General Sanderson who was also patron at Fremantle. He has been a member of the club since 1994 as an inaugural Quay Club member.

Michael is also the state patron of The Boys' Brigade, and Mrs Michael is the state patron of The Girls' Brigade.

[edit] References

• ABC news report of announcement of next Governor
• Celebrate WA

Government offices
Preceded by Lt-Gen John Sanderson	Governor of Western Australia 2006–	Succeeded by incumbent

v • d • e Current Governors and Administrators of the States and territories of Australia
ACT	NSW	NT	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	WA	CX/CC	NI
Quentin Bryce	Marie Bashir	Tom Pauling	Penelope Wensley	Kevin Scarce	Peter Underwood	David de Kretser	Ken Michael	Brian Lacy	Owen Walsh

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