John Rau

John Rau
Rau in 2015
Deputy Premier of South Australia
In office
7 February 2011 – 19 March 2018
PremierMike Rann
Jay Weatherill
Preceded byKevin Foley
Succeeded byVickie Chapman
Deputy Leader of the South Australian
Labor Party
In office
7 February 2011 – 9 April 2018
LeaderMike Rann
Jay Weatherill
Preceded byKevin Foley
Succeeded bySusan Close
Attorney-General of South Australia
In office
25 March 2010 – 19 March 2018
PremierMike Rann
Jay Weatherill
Preceded byMichael Atkinson
Succeeded byVickie Chapman
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Enfield
In office
9 February 2002 – 17 December 2018
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byAndrea Michaels
Personal details
Born
John Robert Rau

(1959-03-20) 20 March 1959 (age 65)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Political partyAustralian 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]

  1. ^ Owen, Michael (23 March 2010). "Left MP Tony Piccolo refuses to back move on Right's Kevin Foley". The Australian. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ^ Former Former South Australian deputy premier John Rau quits Parliament ABC News, 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ Former Member of Parliament Details Retrieved 18 December 2018.