Cesar Melhem is a former State Secretary of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Workers' Union, and a former Member for Western Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council, Parliament of Victoria, between 2013 and 2022.
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Cesar Melhem remained in this role until the FIA amalgamated with the AWU in the 1990s.
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Cesar Melhem was elected to the role of Assistant Secretary of the AWU in 2001 after its amalgamation with the FIA.
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Cesar Melhem went on to be elected State Secretary in 2006 following Bill Shorten's resignation.
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Cesar Melhem further fronted negotiations with Alcoa executives in Pittsburgh USA, successfully making the case for the Point Henry Smelter to stay open, to re-organise and provide an ongoing source of employment for the Geelong region in the face of an international review by the company that threatened to close it down.
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Cesar Melhem was director of superannuation provider to building and construction workers CBUS from 2007 to 2013, and of Chifley Financial Services from 2012 to 2013, an organisation that provides advice, investments, superannuation, insurance and mortgage lending services.
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On 6 May 2013 Cesar Melhem announced he was resigning as AWU state secretary after 7 years, to enter the Victorian Legislative Council as the member for Western Metropolitan Region, succeeding Shadow Attorney General Martin Pakula, who resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Lyndhurst.
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Cesar Melhem was elected as a member in November 2014.
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Cesar Melhem is the former chair of the Victorian Government's Western Melbourne Local Automotive Transition Taskforce.
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On 1 June 2015 Cesar Melhem was accused of negotiating an addition to an enterprise bargaining agreement that would increase the unions ability to further the unions ability to negotiate better agreements in the future.
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In December 2015, Cesar Melhem was one of over 40 current and former trade union officials referred by the Royal Commission into trade union governance and corruption for possible prosecution.
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Cesar Melhem married his wife Jane in 1997, who together have two children.
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The family is settled in the western suburbs of Melbourne, where Cesar Melhem has lived since his arrival in Australia in 1988.
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Cesar Melhem is a staunch supporter of the Western Bulldogs FC.