Tanya Plibersek
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The Honourable Tanya Plibersek MP |
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| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | |
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Assumed office 14 October 2013 |
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| Leader | Bill Shorten |
| Preceded by | Anthony Albanese |
| Deputy Leader of the Labor Party | |
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Assumed office 14 October 2013 |
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| Leader | Bill Shorten |
| Preceded by | Anthony Albanese |
| Minister for Health and Medical Research | |
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In office 14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Nicola Roxon |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dutton |
| Minister for Human Services | |
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In office 14 September 2010 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Chris Bowen |
| Minister for Social Inclusion | |
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In office 14 September 2010 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Succeeded by | Mark Butler |
| Minister for Housing | |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Office Re-established |
| Succeeded by | Mark Arbib |
| Minister for the Status of Women | |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Julie Bishop |
| Succeeded by | Kate Ellis |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Sydney |
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Assumed office 3 October 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Baldwin |
| Personal details | |
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2 December 1969 Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Coutts-Trotter |
| Children | Anna, Joseph and Louis |
| Alma mater |
University of Technology Sydney Macquarie University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | tanyaplibersek |
Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969) is an Australian politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Sydney since 1998, and the deputy leader of the opposition and deputy leader of the Labor Party since 2013.
Plibersek previously served in both the Rudd and Gillard Governments as Minister for Health, Minister for Human Services and Minister for Housing.
Plibersek is married to Michael Coutts-Trotter the Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services.
Plibersek was born in Sydney, the daughter of migrants from Slovenia, and went on to become dux of Jannali Girls High School. She was later educated at the University of Technology Sydney, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and served as Women's Officer for a year. She then took a Masters in Public Policy and Politics at Macquarie University. After graduating, she worked for the Domestic Violence Unit at the Office for the Status and Advancement of Women in New South Wales, and later in the office of Senator Bruce Childs.
Plibersek was elected to the House of Representatives for Sydney in 1998 and has been re-elected seven times. She was elected to the Shadow Ministry after the 2004 election. She was Shadow Minister for Work, Family and Community, Shadow Minister for Youth and Early Childhood Education and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on the Status of Women since October 2004. This portfolio was retitled Shadow Minister for Child Care, Youth and Women in June 2005. Following the Shadow Ministerial reshuffle in December 2006 (when Kevin Rudd assumed the leadership of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party) Plibersek was promoted to Shadow Minister for Human Services, Housing, Youth and Women.
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