Lara Giddings
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Lara Giddings MP |
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| 44th Premier of Tasmania Elections: 2014 |
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In office 24 January 2011 – 31 March 2014 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Peter Underwood |
| Deputy | Bryan Green |
| Preceded by | David Bartlett |
| Succeeded by | Will Hodgman |
| Deputy Premier of Tasmania | |
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In office 26 May 2008 – 24 January 2011 |
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| Premier | David Bartlett |
| Preceded by | David Bartlett |
| Succeeded by | Bryan Green |
| Treasurer of Tasmania | |
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In office 6 December 2010 – 31 March 2014 |
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| Premier | David Bartlett |
| Preceded by | Michael Aird |
| Succeeded by | Peter Gutwein |
| Member of the Tasmanian Parliament for Franklin |
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Assumed office 20 July 2002 |
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| Member of the Tasmanian Parliament for Lyons |
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In office 24 February 1996 – 29 August 1998 |
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Larissa Tahireh Giddings 14 November 1972 Goroka, Papua New Guinea |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | laragiddings |
Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings (born 14 November 1972) is an Australian politician and was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, in addition to being the first woman to hold the position, she is also the most recent Tasmanian Premier born outside Australia. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin since the 2002 election, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by Bryan Green after her government's defeat at the 2014 state election.
Giddings was born on 14 November 1972 in Goroka, Papua New Guinea. As an adolescent, Giddings was educated at Methodist Ladies' College (MLC) in Melbourne as a boarder. At age 18, she joined the Australian Labor Party.
Giddings was first elected to parliament in the 1996 election in the electorate of Lyons but was defeated at the 1998 election. Elected at the age of 23 years she was the youngest woman elected to an Australian Parliament.
Giddings obtained Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Tasmania and went on to work in the Australian Senate as Whip's Clerk, then an electorate officer with Senator Sue Mackay. She travelled to Britain, where she did some temporary administrative work in London, and later worked as a Parliamentary research officer for the Member for Dunfermline East, Helen Eadie, in the Scottish Parliament. Until her return to parliament in 2002, she worked for the Tasmanian Premier as a speech writer and media assistant.
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