Jim Molan was born on April 11, 1950 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Anne Molan. He died on January 16, 2023 in Royalla, New South Wales, Australia.
Named the Australian Thinker of the Year for 2009 by the international School of Thinking, in recognition of his unique work as an Australian general overseeing a total force of 300,000 troops, including 155,000 Americans, in Iraq from 2004.
Liberal Senator for New South Wales (22 December 2017 - 30 June 2019, 14 November 2019 - 16 January 2023).
Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his part in disaster relief operations in 1991, and made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to the Australian Defence Force as the Head of the Australian Defence Staff in Jakarta during the Indonesian and East Timor crisis, in 2000.