Tanya Plibersek

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Tanya Plibersek (2nd from right)

Tanya Joan Plibersek (born December 2, 1969 in Sydney ) is an Australian politician . From 2013 to 2019 she was deputy chairwoman of the Labor Party and deputy leader of the opposition. She previously served as Minister for Women (2007–2010) and Minister of Health (2011–2013) in Australia.

Life

Plibersek was born in Sydney in 1969 as the daughter of Slovenian immigrants. She is married and has three children.

politics

In the 1998 general election she was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the first time for the Sydney constituency. She was able to claim the constituency in the following elections. In the 2004 election she was represented in the Labor Party's shadow cabinet as Minister for Family and Labor. After the Labor Party made strong gains in the 2007 general election and was able to provide the government, it was sworn in as Minister of Construction and Women's Affairs under Kevin Rudd . She held this office from June 2010 to September 2010 under the leadership of Julia Gillard . After a Labor Minority Government was formed under Gillard in September 2010, she was Minister for Social Services and Social Integration.

In December 2011, Nicola Roxon became Minister of Justice of Australia. Plibersek succeeded Roxon as Minister of Health and ex officio as a member of the Federal Cabinet. In the vote for the party leadership in June 2013, she supported party leader Julia Gillard. Although Gillard's adversary Rudd won the vote and became prime minister, he kept Plibersek in the cabinet. After Labor lost the election in September 2013 , Plibersek was replaced in her office by Peter Dutton ( Liberal Party ).

After Kevin Rudd drew conclusions from the election defeat and resigned, Plibersek became deputy chairwoman of the Labor Party at the party congress in October 2013. The new party leader was Bill Shorten . After losing two elections in a row in 2016 and 2019 , after Shorten's resignation in 2019 , she resigned her position as vice-party chairman and, despite the support of Shorten and Gillard, did not run for chairmanship of the Labor Party. Under the new chairman Anthony Albanese , Plibersek became shadow minister for education.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Plibersek on the website of the Labor Party (English)
  2. ↑ Tanya Plibersek elected deputy Labor Leader , article in abc.net.au about the election of Plibersek as deputy. Chair of the Laboratory
personal data
SURNAME Plibersek, Tanya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plibersek, Tanya Joan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd December 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney