Dan Tehan

Dan Tehan
Tehan in 2022
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
In office
18 December 2020 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded bySimon Birmingham
Succeeded byDon Farrell
Minister for Education
In office
28 August 2018 – 18 December 2020
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded bySimon Birmingham
Succeeded byAlan Tudge
Minister for Social Services
In office
20 December 2017 – 28 August 2018
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Scott Morrison
Preceded byChristian Porter
Succeeded byPaul Fletcher
Minister for Defence Personnel
In office
19 July 2016 – 20 December 2017
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byMarise Payne (as Acting Minister for Defence Materiel and Science)
Succeeded byMichael McCormack
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
In office
18 February 2016 – 20 December 2017
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byStuart Robert
Succeeded byMichael McCormack
Minister for Defence Materiel
In office
18 February 2016 – 19 July 2016
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byMarise Payne (as Acting Minister for Defence Materiel and Science)
Succeeded byChristopher Pyne as Minister for Defence Industry)
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Wannon
Assumed office
21 August 2010
Preceded byDavid Hawker
Personal details
Born
Daniel Thomas Tehan

(1968-01-27) 27 January 1968 (age 56)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseSarah Tehan
Children5
ParentMarie Tehan (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Daniel Thomas Tehan (TEE-an; born 27 January 1968) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2010 election, representing the Victorian seat of Wannon. He held ministerial office in the Coalition governments under Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison, serving as Minister for Defence Materiel (2016), Defence Personnel (2016–2017), Veterans' Affairs (2016–2017), Social Services (2017–2018), Education (2018–2020), and Trade, Tourism and Investment. He was a public servant and political adviser before entering parliament.