Jim Saleam

James Saleam (/ˈseɪləm/; born 18 September 1955) is an Australian far-right extremist and the chairman of the Australia First Party. Saleam has been described as a white nationalist, who has been a strong advocate of barring further immigration to preserve a "self-contained, predominantly white nation resistant to further immigration or watering-down of its culture". This is often considered ironic as Saleam is alleged to have mixed Lebanese ancestry. He has been observed wearing a swastika armband and associating with neo-Nazi skinheads.

Jim Saleam
Saleam at a nationalist rally, 2013
Chairman of the Australia First Party
Assumed office
18 July 2010
Deputy ChairmanPeter Schuback
Preceded byOffice established;
Diane Teasdale
(as President of the Federal Australia First Party)
General Secretary
of the Australia First Party
In office
19 December 2002 – August 2007
PresidentDiane Teasdale
Preceded byNo immediate predecessor
Succeeded byNo immediate successor
Leader of the National Action Party
In office
25 April 1982 – 11 June 1997
DeputyRoss May
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byMichael Brander
Deputy Leader of the
National Socialist Party of Australia
In office
c. 1972 – 1975
Served with Ross May
LeaderTed Cawthron
Preceded byFrank Molnar
Succeeded byParty dissolved
Personal details
Born
James Saleam

(1955-09-18) 18 September 1955
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Political partyAustralia First
(2002–07; 2010–present)
Other political
affiliations
See list
  • National Socialist (until 1975)
  • Independent (1975–82; 1999; 2002; 2007–10)
  • National Action (1982–97)
  • One Nation (1997–99)
  • AAFI (1999–02)
Spouse
Jane Mengler
​
​
(m. 1987; div. 1994)​
Children2
Residence(s)Tempe, New South Wales, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Sydney (PhD)
Known forFar-right activism, criminal convictions, neo-Nazism, founding National Action (Australia) and Australia First Party
Criminal chargeInsurance fraud and property offences (1984)
Accessory before the fact (1991)
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