Michael Gunner
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The Honourable Michael Gunner MLA |
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| 11th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Elections: 2016 |
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Assumed office 31 August 2016 |
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| Deputy | Nicole Manison |
| Administrator | John Hardy |
| Preceded by | Adam Giles |
| Leader of the Opposition (Northern Territory) | |
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In office 20 April 2015 – 31 August 2016 |
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| Deputy | Lynne Walker |
| Preceded by | Delia Lawrie |
| Succeeded by | Gary Higgins |
| Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Fannie Bay |
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Assumed office 9 August 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Clare Martin |
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Michael Patrick Francis Gunner 6 January 1976 Alice Springs, Northern Territory |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Kristy O'Brien |
| Alma mater | Charles Darwin University |
| Occupation | Political advisor |
| Cabinet | Gunner Ministry |
Michael Patrick Francis Gunner (born 6 January 1976) is an Australian politician and the current Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. He is a Labor member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having held his seat of Fannie Bay in Darwin since the retirement of then Chief Minister Clare Martin at the 2008 election.
Gunner was elected leader of Labor in the Northern Territory, and hence Leader of the Opposition, in April 2015. He led Labor to a landslide victory in the 2016 Northern Territory election. He was sworn in on 31 August, becoming the first Chief Minister to have been born in the Northern Territory.
Gunner was born in Alice Springs in 1976, the eldest of four children, to Mick and Jane Gunner. His great-grandfather settled in Tennant Creek in the 1930s from Tbilisi in Georgia, fleeing the country after the Russian Revolution. He has indigenous relatives in Utopia north of Alice Springs.
Gunner went to school in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Darwin. He began a law degree at Northern Territory University (now Charles Darwin University), switching to a Bachelor of Arts degree which he completed. He supported himself by working at retail chain Big W and as an electorate officer. He has represented the Territory in rugby union. Gunner went on to work as a senior government ministerial and policy adviser between 2001 and 2008 to former Chief Minister Clare Martin.
He is currently engaged to ABC journalist Kristy O'Brien. It will be his second marriage.
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