Martin Pakula
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The Honourable Martin Pakula MP |
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| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Keysborough |
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Assumed office 29 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | New seat |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Lyndhurst |
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In office 27 April 2013 – 29 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Holding |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region | |
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In office 25 November 2006 – 26 March 2013 |
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7 January 1969 Melbourne |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Religion | Judaism [1] |
Martin Philip Pakula (born 7 January 1969) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006: in the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2010, and then in the Legislative Assembly for Lyndhurst (2013–2014) and Keysborough (2014–present). He has been Attorney-General and Minister for Racing in the Andrews Ministry since December 2014. He previously served as Minister for Industrial Relations (2008–2010), Minister for Industry and Trade (2008–2010) and Minister for Public Transport (2010) in the Brumby Ministry.
Pakula was born in Melbourne in 1969, the son of immigrants from Poland and Uzbekistan in the USSR. He attended Ormond Primary School and then Haileybury College. Following this, he was accepted to study economics and law at Monash University. During his time at Monash he became a leading member of Victorian Young Labor, joining the Australian Labor Party in 1987. He completed his Bachelor of Economics in 1989 and an Honours Degree in Law in 1991. In his final year, he won the Industrial Relations Law prize.
After graduating from university, Pakula began work at Macpherson and Kelley Solicitors. In 1993, he became an Industrial Officer at the National Union of Workers. He went on to become State Secretary and National Vice President.
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