John Rau | |
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Deputy Premier of South Australia | |
In office 7 February 2011 – 19 March 2018 | |
Premier | Mike Rann Jay Weatherill |
Preceded by | Kevin Foley |
Succeeded by | Vickie Chapman |
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor Party | |
In office 7 February 2011 – 9 April 2018 | |
Leader | Mike Rann Jay Weatherill |
Preceded by | Kevin Foley |
Succeeded by | Susan Close |
Attorney-General of South Australia | |
In office 25 March 2010 – 19 March 2018 | |
Premier | Mike Rann Jay Weatherill |
Preceded by | Michael Atkinson |
Succeeded by | Vickie Chapman |
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Enfield | |
In office 9 February 2002 – 17 December 2018 | |
Preceded by | New District |
Succeeded by | Andrea Michaels |
Personal details | |
Born | John Robert Rau 20 March 1959 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Political party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
John Robert Rau SC (born 20 March 1959) is an Australian barrister and politician. He was the 12th Deputy Premier of South Australia from 2011 to 2018 and 48th Attorney-General of South Australia from 2010 to 2018 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party in the Weatherill cabinet. Rau was the Labor member of the House of Assembly seat of Enfield from the 2002 election[1] until announcing his intention to retire from Parliament on 10 December 2018,[2] and submitting his resignation on 17 December 2018.[3]