Clem Simich
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Clement Rudolph (Clem) Simich is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party. He was born in Te Kopuru, Northland on 2 June 1939.
He was first elected to Parliament in the 1992 by-election in Tamaki, which followed the retirement of former Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. He remained as MP for Tamaki until 2005, when he made way for Allan Peachey in Tamaki, and stood as the National candidate for Mangere instead. He is now a List MP, having not succeeded in winning the Labour safe seat.
In August 1998, he was appointed to Cabinet, being Minister of Police, Minister for Racing, and Minister in Charge of the Audit Department. He also became Minister of Corrections in January 1999. He lost his ministerial positions, however, when National lost the 1999 elections.
Simich served as Assistant Speaker of the House between 2002 and 2005. On the retirement of Jonathan Hunt, Simich stood for election as Speaker, but was defeated by Labour's Margaret Wilson. It was likely that he would have become Speaker if National had won the 2005 elections.
Simich became the Deputy Speaker of the House after the 2005 election.
He has announced that he will be retiring, and will not be seeking a list place in 2008 [1]
Simich is of Croatian (in Croatian the surname is Šimić) and also Māori descent..
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- ^ Dominion Post 29 April 2008 page A3
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