Education
Born in Iraq, Rohan completed studies in petroleum geology at the University of Baghdad, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Geology) in 1970 and a Master of Science (Petroleum Geology) in 1975.
Born in Iraq, Rohan completed studies in petroleum geology at the University of Baghdad, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (Geology) in 1970 and a Master of Science (Petroleum Geology) in 1975.
Migrating to Australia in 1979, he initially worked as a petroleum geologist for Robertson Research before establishing his own printing business in 1995. Elected as an Councillor to Fairfield City Council in 2008, Rohan was President of the Smithfield branch, and Smithfield Securities and Exchange Commission of the Liberal Party between 2003 and 2011. Smithfield was abolished in 2015 and he ran for Prospect, but was defeated.
At the 2011 state election Rohan was elected to the normally safe Labor seat with a swing of 18.8 points and won the seat with 54.8 per cent of the two-party vote.