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{{Short description|Australian economist, lawyer and public servant}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Chairman of the [[Australian Competition & Consumer Commission]]
| image =  
| honorific-prefix = Professor
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AO}}
| name = Allan Fels
| birth_name = Allan Herbert Miller Fels
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|2|7}}
| birth_place = [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]]
| nationality = Australian
| term_start = 1 July 1995
| term_end = 30 June 2003
| successor = [[Graeme Samuel]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Western Australia]]<br>[[Duke University]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Maria-Isabel Cid (deceased 2015)
| occupation = Academic
| profession = [[Economist]]}}

'''Allan Herbert Miller Fels''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 7 February 1942) is an Australian [[economist]], [[lawyer]] and public servant. He was most widely known in his role as chairman of the [[Australian Competition & Consumer Commission]] (ACCC) from its inception in 1995 until 30 June 2003. Upon his retirement from the ACCC, he became foundation dean of the [[Australia and New Zealand School of Government]] (ANZSOG) until January 2013. 

He was made an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] in June 2001.<ref>{{citation|publisher=Australian Government|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885034|archivedate=10 March 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310021612/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=885034&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Search Australian Honours: FELS, Allan Herbert Miller}}</ref> His book, ''Tough Customer: Chasing a better deal for battlers'', was published in September 2019 by [[Melbourne University Publishing|Melbourne University Press]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Tough customer : chasing a better deal for battlers|last=Fels, Allan|isbn=978-0-522-87441-9|location=Carlton, Australia|oclc=1084334231|date = 3 September 2019}}</ref> Fels was awarded a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) by the University of Melbourne in February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Somerville |first=Cath |date=2022-03-01 |title=University of Melbourne confers six honorary doctorates |url=https://about.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2022/february/university-of-melbourne-confers-six-honorary-doctorates |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=University of Melbourne |language=en}}</ref>

==Family==
Fels was married to Maria-Isabel Cid, until she died in September 2015<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/archives/2002/05_AustoryArchives2002Idx_Monday2September2002.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209224403/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/archives/2002/05_AustoryArchives2002Idx_Monday2September2002.htm|archivedate=9 February 2008|title=Being Allan Fels|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2002}}</ref> and has two daughters, Isabella and Teresa Fels.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s659714.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517013107/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s659714.htm|archivedate=17 May 2008|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2 September 2002|title=Being Allan Fels}}</ref> ''[[Australian Story]]'' ran a program on him and his family in 2002.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110212204326/http://www.anzsog.edu.au/Faculty/?FacultyId=3549 ANZSOG biography]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20021226155627/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/transcripts/s659714.htm Being Allan Fels - Australian Story transcript]

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{{succession box | before = [[Bob Baxt]] | title = Chairman of the [[Australian Competition & Consumer Commission]] | years = 1995–2003 | after = [[Graeme Samuel]]}}
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[[Category:Public servants of Western Australia]]
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