Andrew Leigh
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The Honourable Dr Andrew Leigh FASSA, MP |
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Leigh in 2010
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Fenner |
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Assumed office 2 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Fraser |
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In office 21 August 2010 – 2 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Bob McMullan |
| Succeeded by | Division abolished |
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Andrew Keith Leigh 3 August 1972 Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gweneth |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Residence | Canberra, Australia |
| Alma mater |
University of Sydney Harvard Kennedy School |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer, academic, political adviser |
| Religion | Atheism |
| Website | andrewleigh |
Andrew Keith Leigh (born 3 August 1972) is an Australian politician and former professor of economics at the Australian National University. He has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2010, representing the seat of Fraser until 2016 and Fenner thereafter.
In 2011, Leigh was awarded the Economic Society of Australia's Young Economist Award. This award, presented once every two years, is given to "honour that Australian economist under the age of forty who is deemed to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge."
Leigh's early years of education were in Sydney, Melbourne, Malaysia and Indonesia before completing secondary education at James Ruse Agricultural High School in Sydney, New South Wales.
Leigh graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in 1994, and a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in 1996. He then obtained a Master of Public Administration degree and a PhD in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. At Harvard, Leigh was a Doctoral Fellow at the Malcolm Wiener Centre for Social Policy from 2002 to 2004, and a Frank Knox Fellow from 2000 to 2004.
Prior to entering politics, Leigh worked as a lawyer for Minter Ellison (Sydney) and Clifford Chance (London) from 1995 to 1997. He was then associate to Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia from 1997 to 1998, senior trade adviser to Senator Peter Cook from 1998 to 2000, and research fellow with the Progressive Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. in 2001. He was Professor of Economics at the Australian National University from 2004 to 2010, and principal adviser to the Australian Treasury from 2008 to 2009. He also had several visiting appointments at the University of Melbourne, New York University, the Research Institute of Industrial Economics and the University of Michigan.
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