Nicola Roxon | |
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Chair of HESTA | |
Assumed office 2019 | |
Attorney-General of Australia | |
In office 14 December 2011 – 2 February 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
Preceded by | Robert McClelland |
Succeeded by | Mark Dreyfus |
Minister for Health and Ageing | |
In office 3 December 2007 – 14 December 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
Preceded by | Tony Abbott |
Succeeded by | Tanya Plibersek (Health) Mark Butler (Mental Health and Ageing) |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Gellibrand | |
In office 3 October 1998 – 5 August 2013 | |
Preceded by | Ralph Willis |
Succeeded by | Tim Watts |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney, Australia | 1 April 1967
Political party | Labor Party |
Spouse | Michael Kerrisk |
Children | 1 daughter |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Nicola Louise Roxon (born 1 April 1967) is an Australian former politician. After politics, she has worked as a company director and academic.
Roxon represented the lower house seat of Gellibrand in Victoria for the Australian Labor Party; from the 1998 federal election until her retirement in August 2013. Between 2011 and 2013, Roxon was the first female Attorney-General of Australia.
Post politics, Roxon was appointed an adjunct professor at Victoria University, board chair at VicHealth, and at HESTA.[1]