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Anthony Albanese
House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Left
Biography
Anthony Norman Albanese (born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician who has served as the 31st prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been the leader of the Labor Party since 2019 and the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Grayndler since 1996. Albanese was born in Sydney, attended St Mary's Cathedral College and studied economics at the University of Sydney. As a student, he joined the Labor Party and later worked as a party official and research officer before entering Parliament. Albanese was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1996 election, winning the seat of Grayndler in New South Wales. He was appointed to the shadow cabinet in 2001…
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- Date of birth
- 1963-03-02
- Place of birth
- Sydney, Australia
- APH identifier
- R36
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Dorinda Cox · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Karen Grogan · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Zaneta Mascarenhas · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Carina Garland · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Louise Miller-Frost · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Sam Rae · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Alice Jordan-Baird · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Matt Smith · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 23 May 2022–presentPrime Minister
- 23 May 2022–presentCabinet Minister
- 27 May 2019–23 May 2022Leader — of the — Opposition
- 27 May 2019–presentLeader — of the — Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party
- 23 July 2016–2 June 2019Shadow Minister — for — Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
- 24 September 2014–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — Cities
- 18 October 2013–2 June 2019Shadow Minister — for — Tourism
- 18 October 2013–23 July 2016Shadow Minister — for — Infrastructure and Transport
Committee service
- 26 July 2022–26 July 2022House of Representatives Select — Address in Reply
- 12 February 2015–9 May 2016Joint Statutory — Public Accounts and Audit
- 27 August 2002–31 August 2004House of Representatives Standing — Education and Training (Education and Vocational Training from 1.12.2004 to 17.10.2007)
- 20 March 2002–27 August 2002House of Representatives Standing — Ageing
- 8 December 1998–31 August 2004House of Representatives Standing — Economics, Finance and Public Administration
- 29 May 1996–31 August 1998House of Representatives Standing — Financial Institutions and Public Administration
Qualifications
- Date not recordedBEc
Occupations
- 1 January 1995–1 January 1996Senior Policy Adviser to the Premier, the Hon. R Carr (NSW) from 1995 to 1996.
- 1 January 1989–1 January 1995Party official from 1989 to 1995.
- 1 January 1985–1 January 1989Research officer to the Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services, the Hon. T Uren, MP from 1985 to 1989.
- 1 January 1980–1 January 1981Bank officer from 1980 to 1981.