Lara Giddings

Tahireh Larissa "Lara" Giddings ( born November 14, 1972 in Goroka, Papua New Guinea) is an Australian lawyer and politician and member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP ). She has held the office of Prime Minister of Tasmania as the first woman since 24 January 2011.

Life

In 1986 he moved with her family to Giddings Tasmania. After studying at the University of Tasmania, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws, Giddings worked as a Whip in the Australian Senate. Later she traveled to the UK where she an employee of the Scottish MPs Helen Eadie was after short-term activity in the state administration. Upon her return to Tasmania in 2002, she served for the former Prime Minister as a speechwriter and media consultant.

From 2004 to 2006 Giddings was minister of economic development and the arts. After the parliamentary elections in 2006 she was awarded the Ministry of Health. In 2008 she was appointed as the second woman appointed Deputy Prime Minister.

On 23 January 2011, the then Prime Minister, David Bartlett announced his resignation and expressed his support for same Giddings. A day later, she was elected by the Labor Party as the new Prime Minister. She is the first woman in the office of the Tasmanian Prime Minister.