Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory

Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory
Incumbent Gordon Ramsay MLA since 31 October 2016
Justice and Community Safety Directorate
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
Appointer	ACT Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	Rosemary Follett
Formation	18 May 1989
Deputy	ACT Government Solicitor
Website	www.justice.act.gov.au

The Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for the Australian Capital Territory, is the primary Law Officer of the Crown in the Australian Capital Territory. The Attorney General serves as the chief legal and constitutional adviser of the ACT Government and is the head of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate. Its constitutional role was established in 1989 with the enactment by the Federal Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988.

Gordon Ramsay, MLA, a representative of the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch), became Attorney General on 31 October 2016.