Nathan Rees

The Honourable Nathan Rees
41st Premier of New South Wales
In office 5 September 2008 – 4 December 2009
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Marie Bashir
Deputy	Carmel Tebbutt
Preceded by	Morris Iemma
Succeeded by	Kristina Keneally
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Toongabbie
In office 24 March 2007 – 6 March 2015
Preceded by	District established
Succeeded by	District abolished
Ministerial offices 2007–⁠2009 Minister for the Arts In office 8 September 2008 – 4 December 2009 Premier Himself Preceded by Frank Sartor Succeeded by Virginia Judge Minister for the Central Coast In office 14 September 2009 – 4 December 2009 Premier Himself Preceded by John Hatzistergos Succeeded by Ian Macdonald Minister for Emergency Services In office 2 April 2007 – 5 September 2008 Premier Morris Iemma Preceded by Tony Kelly Succeeded by Tony Kelly Minister for Water In office 27 February 2008 – 5 September 2008 Premier Morris Iemma Preceded by Himself (as Minister for Water Utilities) Phil Koperberg (as Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water) Succeeded by Phil Costa Minister for Water Utilities In office 2 April 2007 – 27 February 2008 Premier Morris Iemma Preceded by David Campbell Succeeded by Himself (as Minister for Water)
Personal details
Born	(1968-02-12) 12 February 1968 (age 56) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Labor Party
Spouse	Stacey Haines
Education	Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School University of Sydney

Nathan Rees (/riːz/) (born 12 February 1968)^[1] is an Australian former politician who served as the 41st Premier of New South Wales and parliamentary leader of the New South Wales Labor Party from September 2008 to December 2009. Rees was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Toongabbie for Labor from 2007 to 2015.

Rees replaced Morris Iemma as Premier and party leader on 5 September 2008. At 40 years and 206 days of age, Rees became the youngest person to assume the office, a record that has since been surpassed by Dominic Perrottet.^[2] On 3 December 2009, Rees was deposed as leader of the Labor Party by Kristina Keneally after he resoundingly lost a secret ballot in the Labor Party caucus after fifteen months as Premier. He is the shortest-serving member of the New South Wales Parliament to become Premier since Federation, and the only Labor Premier of New South Wales not to lead the party into an election. To date, he is also the most recent premier of an Australian state not to contest a general election.