Bob Debus
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The Honourable Bob Debus AM |
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| 50th Attorney General of New South Wales | |
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In office 28 June 2000 – 2 April 2007 |
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| Premier |
Bob Carr Morris Iemma |
| Preceded by | Jeff Shaw |
| Succeeded by | John Hatzistergos |
| Minister for Home Affairs | |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 9 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | No immediate predecessor |
| Succeeded by | Brendan O'Connor |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Macquarie |
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In office 24 November 2007 – 19 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Kerry Bartlett |
| Succeeded by | Louise Markus |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 September 1943 Ryde, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch) |
Robert John "Bob" Debus AM (born 16 September 1943), a former Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the Australian Labor Party. Debus has been a minister in both the Australian and New South Wales governments. He served in the NSW Parliament from 1981 to 1988 and again from 1995 to 2007; and in the Australian Parliament from 2007 to 2010.
Before his retirement from the NSW Parliament, at the 2007 state election, he held the portfolios of Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for the Arts; and represented the Blue Mountains electorate. Prior to his retirement from the Australian Parliament, at the 2010 federal election, he was Minister for Home Affairs in the Rudd Ministry; and served as Member for Macquarie. Debus is a prominent member of Labor's Socialist Left faction. On 6 June 2009, Bob Debus announced his resignation from the ministry and his retirement. He did not contest the 2010 federal election.
Debus was born in Ryde, New South Wales and educated at Homebush Boys High School and Sydney University, graduating in Law and Arts in 1967. He worked as a publisher and lawyer. He worked as an ABC broadcaster, and was Executive Producer of the ABC's Department of Radio Talks and Documentaries 1970. He was also Executive Director of Australian Freedom from Hunger Campaign and Community Aid Abroad 1988–94, and advisor to Federal Minister for Administrative Services 1994–95.
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