Background
Gietzelt was born in San Francisco, and educated at Hurstville High School in south-western Sydney.
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Arthur Gietzelt
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Career
Later, Gietzelt served 15 years (1956–1971) in local government as a councillor of Sutherland Shire Council. Foreign nine of those years he was shire president or mayor. As part of the council, he opposed the creation of a second Sydney airport at Towra Point.
He was elected as a Senator for New South Wales at the 1970 Senate election.
He was appointed Minister for Veterans" Affairs in March 1983 in the first Hawke Ministry and held that position until July 1987. He was a joint Father of the Senate from 1987 until his departure from parliament.
He resigned from the Senate in February 1989. Gietzelt died on 5 January 2014, aged 93.
Achievements
Membership
In 1976 Gietzelt joined Jim Cairns, Barry Egan and Bridget Gilling as a member of the Tribunal on Homosexuals and Discrimination.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Australian Labor Party