Alan Griffiths

Alan Gordon Griffiths (born 4 September 1952) is an Australian former politician who represented the Division of Maribyrnong for the Australian Labor Party from March 1983 to January 1996. Griffiths was a senior Minister in the Hawke and Keating governments and is now a businessman and non-executive director. Griffiths specialises in commercialising new technologies, including the road alignment software, Quantm, which has been used on Australasian, US and Asian infrastructure projects.

The Honourable
Alan Griffiths
Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development
In office
24 March 1993  22 January 1994
Prime MinisterPaul Keating
Preceded byJohn Button
Succeeded byPeter Cook
Minister for Tourism
In office
27 December 1991  24 March 1993
Prime MinisterBob Hawke
Paul Keating
Preceded byRos Kelly
Succeeded byMichael Lee
Minister for Resources
In office
4 April 1990  24 March 1993
Prime MinisterBob Hawke
Paul Keating
Preceded byPeter Cook
Succeeded byMichael Lee
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Maribyrnong
In office
5 March 1983  29 January 1996
Preceded byMoss Cass
Succeeded byBob Sercombe
Personal details
Born (1952-09-04) 4 September 1952
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor
Alma materMonash University
OccupationEconomist
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