What is Clive Palmer?
[[File:Clive Palmer Aug15 crop.jpg|thumb|200px|Palmer in August 2015]] '''Clive Frederick Palmer''' (born 26 March 1954) is an [[Australia]]n businessman and politician. He is the leader of the [[United Australia Party (2013)|United Australia Party]], formerly known as the United Palmer Party, since 2013. He served as a member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 2013 to 2016. He is well known for his wealth and holdings in [[iron ore]], [[nickel]] and [[coal]]. He owns a nickel [[refinery]] in [[Townsville, Queensland]]. He also owns many other businesses, including [[golf course]]s. From 2008 to 2012, he owned the [[association football|soccer]] team [[Gold Coast United FC]]. He announced the [[development]] of ''[[Titanic II (project)|Titanic II]]'' (a modern-day [[replica]] of [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]) in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-45663941|title=Titanic II: Work resumes on Blue Star Line build|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=27 September 2018|access-date=9 May 2019}}</ref> Palmer was born [[Footscray, Victoria|Footscray]], a suburb of [[Melbourne, Victoria]]. He has two children with his first wife, Susan Parker. She died of cancer in 2006. In 2007, he married Annastacia Topalov. The couple have two daughters. Palmer lives on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Clive Palmer}} *[http://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/ United Australia Party] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513043218/https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/ |date=2019-05-13 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Clive}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian businesspeople]] [[Category:Australian billionaires]] [[Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives]] [[Category:Politicians from Melbourne]] [[Category:People from Gold Coast, Queensland]] {{Bio-stub}}