Dan Tehan
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The Honourable Dan Tehan MP |
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| Minister for Defence Personnel | |
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Assumed office 19 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Marise Payne (as Acting Minister for Defence Materiel and Science) |
| Minister for Veterans' Affairs | |
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Assumed office 18 February 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Stuart Robert |
| Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC | |
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Assumed office 18 February 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Stuart Robert |
| Minister for Defence Materiel | |
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In office 18 February 2016 – 19 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Marise Payne (as Acting Minister for Defence Materiel and Science) |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Pyne as Minister for Defence Industry) |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wannon |
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Assumed office 21 August 2010 |
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| Preceded by | David Hawker |
| Personal details | |
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Daniel Thomas Tehan 27 January 1968 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah |
| Children | 5 |
| Parents | Marie Tehan (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Occupation | Political adviser |
| Website | Official website |
Daniel Thomas "Dan" Tehan (born 27 January 1968) is an Australian politician. He is a member for the electorate of Wannon in the Australian House of Representatives, elected in the 2010 election for the Liberal Party.
On 13 February 2016 it was announced that Tehan would be appointed the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Minister for Defence Materiel, and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC following a rearrangement in the First Turnbull Ministry.
With the reelection of the Turnbull Government in 2016, Tehan kept his Veterans' Affairs and Centenary of ANZAC portfolios and moved from Defence Materiel to Defence Personnel in the Second Turnbull Ministry.
Tehan studied at the University of Melbourne completing a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science. He has also gained master's degrees in International Relations and Foreign Affairs & Trade from the University of Kent and Monash University respectively.
As an adviser in the Howard Government, Tehan was a senior adviser to the Minister for Trade and spent two years as the Chief of Staff to the Minister for Small Business and Tourism.
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