Steve Bracks
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The Honourable Steve Bracks AC |
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| 44th Premier of Victoria Elections: 1999, 2002, 2006 |
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In office 19 October 1999 – 30 July 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
James Gobbo John Landy David de Kretser |
| Deputy | John Thwaites |
| Preceded by | Jeff Kennett |
| Succeeded by | John Brumby |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Williamstown | |
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In office 13 August 1994 – 6 August 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Joan Kirner |
| Succeeded by | Wade Noonan |
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Stephen Phillip Bracks 15 October 1954 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Terry Horsfall |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Ballarat |
| Profession |
Teacher Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Stephen Phillip "Steve" Bracks AC (born 15 October 1954) is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Australian Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 to 2007.
Bracks led Labor in Victoria to minority government at the 1999 election, defeating the incumbent Jeff Kennett Liberal and National coalition government. Labor was returned with a majority government after a landslide win at the 2002 election. Labor was elected for a third term at the 2006 election with a substantial but reduced majority. Bracks is the second-longest-serving Labor premier in Victorian history. The treasurer, John Brumby, became Labor leader and premier in 2007 when Bracks retired from politics.
Steve Bracks was born in Ballarat, where his family owns a fashion business. He is a Lebanese Australian; his paternal grandfather came to Australia as a child from Zahlé in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon in the 1890s. His family were Melkites before immigrating and converting to Roman Catholicism.
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