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Jim Molan dies at 72: Liberal senator, major army general and Erin’s father passes away after battle with cancer
Senator Jim Molan died at the age of 72 after a battle with cancer.
Molan was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in 2021, but remained optimistic about his future battle against the disease.
“I am receiving the best possible care from my doctors and I have the love, support and prayers of my family,” he said.
“I have never been afraid to fight the battles that need to be fought and this is no exception.”
A statement was issued on Tuesday confirming that Molan had died.
“It is with profound sadness that we announce that Jim died peacefully on January 16 in the arms of his family,” it read.
Senator Jim Molan has died at the age of 72 after a battle with cancer.
‘The Liberal Party will choose someone to take their place in the Senate for the rest of their term.
It won’t just be in Canberra, they will be mourning his loss, his family too, but he served with such distinction in the army, he dedicated himself to the army, he dedicated himself to the army. He will be greeted with much sadness.
During his military career, Molan was commander of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, commander of the 1st Brigade, commander of the 1st Division and its Deployable Joint Force Headquarters, and commander of the Defense College of Australia.
In April 2004, he deployed for a year to Iraq to serve as Chief of Operations for the new Multinational Force Headquarters in Iraq.
He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross as well as the Legion of Merit by the United States government. He retired from the Australian Army in 2008 and that same year published his first book, Running the War in Iraq.
Following his retirement from the Australian Army, Molan was appointed by the Abbott government as a special envoy for Operation Sovereign Borders and was subsequently credited as the architect of the Australian coalition’s Stop the Boats border protection and asylum-seeker policies. .
In 2016, Molan ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal Party candidate for the New South Wales Senate in the 2016 federal election.
In December 2017, during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, the High Court declared him elected in place of Fiona Nash, who was ineligible to run.
He was not re-elected to the Senate in the 2019 federal election.
On 10 November 2019, Molan was selected by the New South Wales Liberal Party to fill the occasional vacancy left by the resignation of Senator Arthur Sinodinos.
He was appointed by a joint session of the New South Wales Parliament on November 14, 2019. At the 2022 election, he was re-elected to a six-year term expiring on June 30, 2028.
More to come.