Australian politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
The Honourable
Wayne Swan
Swan in 2009
25th National President of the Labor Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 June 2018
Leader
Bill Shorten Anthony Albanese
Preceded by
Mark Butler
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
In office 24 June 2010 – 27 June 2013
Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
Preceded by
Julia Gillard
Succeeded by
Anthony Albanese
Treasurer of Australia
In office 3 December 2007 – 27 June 2013
Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
Preceded by
Peter Costello
Succeeded by
Chris Bowen
Deputy Leader of the Labor Party
In office 24 June 2010 – 26 June 2013
Leader
Julia Gillard
Preceded by
Julia Gillard
Succeeded by
Anthony Albanese
Minister for Finance and Deregulation
In office 3 September 2010 – 14 September 2010
Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
Preceded by
Lindsay Tanner
Succeeded by
Penny Wong
Manager of Opposition Business
In office 25 November 2001 – 16 June 2003
Leader
Simon Crean
Preceded by
Bob McMullan
Succeeded by
Mark Latham
Member of the Australian Parliament for Lilley
In office 3 October 1998 – 18 May 2019
Preceded by
Elizabeth Grace
Succeeded by
Anika Wells
In office 13 March 1993 – 2 March 1996
Preceded by
Elaine Darling
Succeeded by
Elizabeth Grace
Personal details
Born
Wayne Maxwell Swan
(1954-06-30) 30 June 1954 (age 69) Nambour, Queensland
Political party
Labor
Spouse(s)
Toni Jensen (Late 1970s) Kim Swan (1984–present)
Children
Erinn Libbi Matthew
Alma mater
University of Queensland
Signature
Website
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Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954) is an Australian politician serving as the 25th and current National President of the Labor Party since 2018, previously serving as the 14th deputy prime minister of Australia and the deputy leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013, and the treasurer of Australia from 2007 to 2013.
Swan was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1993 for Lilley in Queensland, although he lost this seat in 1996. He regained the seat in 1998 and represented it until retiring in 2019. Following Labor's victory in 2007, Swan was appointed Treasurer of Australia by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. In this position, he played a key role in Australia's response to the Global Financial Crisis throughout 2008 and 2009. In 2010, after Julia Gillard became Prime Minister, Swan was elected unopposed as Labor's deputy leader and was subsequently sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister.[1] In 2011, Swan was named Finance Minister of the Year by Euromoney magazine, joining Paul Keating as the only Australian Treasurer to have been awarded that title.[2][3][4] After Rudd successfully challenged Gillard for the leadership in June 2013, Swan resigned from the Cabinet.[5]
^Rodgers, Emma (24 June 2010). "Gillard ousts Rudd in bloodless coup". ABC News. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
^"Press release: Australia's Wayne Swan named Euromoney's finance minister of the year". Euromoney. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023.
^Uren, David (21 September 2011). "Wayne Swan named world's best Treasurer by Euromoney magazine". The Australian. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^Thompson, Jeremy (21 September 2011). "Swan named world's best treasurer". ABC News. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023.
^Griffiths, Emma (26 June 2013). "Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard 57–45 in Labor leadership ballot, paving way for a return to PM". ABC News. Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954) is an Australian politician serving as the 25th and current National President of the Labor Party since 2018, previously...
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#LiveBelowtheLine $2 challenge today" (Tweet) – via Twitter. WayneSwan (8 May 2011). "WAYNESWAN Live Below The Line" – via YouTube. "Stars,activists, and...
Jaycees. His future Treasurer WayneSwan attended the same school at the same time, although they did not know each other as Swan was three years ahead. Rudd...
research manager from 2002 to 2004, media adviser to Shadow Treasurer WayneSwan from 2005 to 2006, deputy chief of staff to Opposition Leader Kim Beazley...
Labor Party for the second time. Following the result, Deputy Leader WayneSwan announced that he would resign his position. Anthony Albanese subsequently...
preselection for the Division of Lilley at the 2013 federal election, held by WayneSwan, the then Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer. However, in July that year...
27 June 2013 – 18 September 2013 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Preceded by WayneSwan Succeeded by Joe Hockey Minister for Small Business In office 4 February...
Australian Labor Party and was succeeded by WayneSwan on 18 June 2018, becoming senior vice-president to Swan. In a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle on 28 January...
date, six Treasurers have gone on to be Prime Minister. Paul Keating and WayneSwan are currently the only two to have been named "Euromoney Finance Minister...
Jenny Macklin Robert McClelland Brendan O'Connor Tanya Plibersek Nicola Roxon Kevin Rudd Bill Shorten Stephen Smith WayneSwan Lindsay Tanner Penny Wong...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, future Deputy Prime Minister WayneSwan and future Speaker Anna Burke. The election returned the Member of the...
preselection for the Division of Lilley, replacing the retiring member WayneSwan. She won the seat at the 2019 federal election despite a five-point swing...
as Deputy Prime Minister in the first Rudd government. With Treasurer WayneSwan as her Deputy, Gillard went on to lead her party to the 2010 Australian...
Trust". In his 2008 Australian federal budget speech, the Treasurer, WayneSwan announced three new "Nation-Building Funds", also to be managed by the...
The PBO's independence is enshrined in legislation. In 2013, Treasurer WayneSwan introduced legislation requiring the PBO to conduct a post-election audit...
alternative candidates nominated for the positions, and so Gillard and WayneSwan were re-elected unopposed. Despite the 2012 leadership spill, at which...
of Representatives, Rudd instead gave that responsibility to Treasurer WayneSwan. In his first acts in the role, Garrett approved a controversial plan...
2019 Jenny Macklin MP (Jagajaga, Vic) – announced retirement 6 July 2018 WayneSwan MP (Lilley, Qld) – announced retirement 10 February 2018 Senator Doug...
August 2015. Swan, Wayne (2015). "About Wayne". WayneSwan MP. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015. "Wayne Goss, a modernising...
conditions." The Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer at the time, WayneSwan, described Rinehart's statement as an "insult to the millions of Australian...
Crean's principal frontbench detractors, Stephen Smith, Stephen Conroy and WayneSwan "the three roosters". When Crean resigned the Labor leadership, Latham...
functioning separately. The merger was blocked by Treasurer of Australia WayneSwan on 8 April 2011, on advice from the Foreign Investment Review Board that...
Albanese Deputy Leader Richard Marles Senate Leader Penny Wong President WayneSwan National Secretary Paul Erickson Founded Oldest branches: 1891; 133 years...
House of Representatives at the 1996 federal election, defeating Labor MP WayneSwan amidst the national Liberal victory in an electorate campaign centred...
after a career in Labor Party politics or in unionism. Examples include: WayneSwan (Chair of CBUS), Greg Combet (Chair of Industry Super Australia), and...
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