| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Bob Nanva | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLC |
| Office: | Government Whip in the New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Deputy: | Cameron Murphy |
| Predecessor: | Shayne Mallard |
| Term Start: | 3 May 2023 |
| Office1: | Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council |
| Term Start1: | 25 March 2023 |
| Office2: | General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party |
| Deputy2: | Dominic Offner |
| Leader2: | Jodi McKay Chris Minns |
| Predecessor2: | Kaila Murnain |
| Successor2: | Dominic Offner |
| Term Start2: | 2019 |
| Term End2: | 28 April 2023 |
| Office3: | National Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union |
| Successor3: | Mark Diamond |
| Term Start3: | 2011 |
| Term End3: | 2019 |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | NSW Labor |
| Residence: | Regentville[1] |
| Occupation: | Trade unionist |
| Alma Mater: | Macquarie University |
Bob Nanva is an Australian trade unionist and politician who is currently serving as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[2]
He previously served as National Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union and as General Secretary of NSW Labor.[3]
Nanva holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Macquarie University.[4]
In 2011, he was appointed National Secretary of the Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU). He also served on the board of the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council.[5] Following criminal charges being laid against CFMEU officials John Setka and John Reardon, Nanva said that Australia's industrial relations conflict had "become an exercise in mutually-assured destruction".[6] In 2015, Nanva criticised the inaugural speech of Labor MP Chris Minns, which called for reduced union influence within the party.[7] In 2016, he was also elected as Vice President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).[8] [2] In 2017, Nanva criticised the resignation of Fair Work Commission vice-president Graeme Watson, calling for new limits on the employment activities of commissioners who resigned from the organisation.[9] In 2019, Nanva resigned as RTBU National Secretary[10] and ceased to be Vice President of the ACTU.[2]
Nanva is a member of the Mulock Nepean Branch of the NSW Labor Party[2] and served as a local councillor on Burwood City Council. He has been a policy advisor to both State and Federal Labor Governments.[4] In 2019, he was appointed as General-Secretary of NSW Labor and served on the party's Administrative Committee and National Executive.[2]
Nanva was endorsed as a Labor candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Council in the 2023 election[11] [12] and was elected.[13]