Roger Cook (politician)

Roger Cook
Cook in 2015
31st Premier of Western Australia
Assumed office
8 June 2023
MonarchCharles III
GovernorChris Dawson
DeputyRita Saffioti
Preceded byMark McGowan
17th Deputy Premier of Western Australia
In office
17 March 2017 – 8 June 2023
PremierMark McGowan
Preceded byLiza Harvey
Succeeded byRita Saffioti
Ministerial positions
Minister for Health
In office
17 March 2017 – 17 December 2021
PremierMark McGowan
Preceded byJohn Day
Succeeded byAmber-Jade Sanderson
Minister for Mental Health
In office
17 March 2017 – 17 December 2021
PremierMark McGowan
Preceded byJohn Day
Succeeded byAmber-Jade Sanderson
Minister for Medical Research
In office
19 March 2021 – 21 December 2021
PremierMark McGowan
Succeeded byStephen Dawson
Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
Assumed office
19 March 2021
PremierMark McGowan
Preceded byAlannah MacTiernan
Minister for Tourism
In office
21 December 2021 – 8 June 2023
PremierMark McGowan
Preceded byDavid Templeman
Succeeded byRita Saffioti
Minister for Commerce
In office
21 December 2021 – 14 December 2022
PremierMark McGowan
Preceded byAmber-Jade Sanderson
Succeeded bySue Ellery
Minister for Science
In office
19 March 2021 – 8 June 2023
PremierMark McGowan
Preceded byDave Kelly
Succeeded byStephen Dawson
Minister for Hydrogen Industry
In office
14 December 2022 – 8 June 2023
PremierMark McGowan
Preceded byAlannah MacTiernan
Succeeded byBill Johnston
Leader of the Western Australian Labor Party
Assumed office
6 June 2023
DeputyRita Saffioti
Preceded byMark McGowan
Deputy Leader of the Western Australian Labor Party
In office
16 September 2008 – 6 June 2023
LeaderEric Ripper
Mark McGowan
Preceded byEric Ripper
Succeeded byRita Saffioti
Member of the Legislative Assembly
of Western Australia
Assumed office
6 September 2008
Preceded byDistrict created
ConstituencyKwinana
Personal details
Born (1965-08-20) 20 August 1965 (age 59)
Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLabor
Alma mater
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Websitekwinana.walabor.org.au

Roger Hugh Cook (born 20 August 1965) is an Australian politician serving as the 31st and current premier of Western Australia since 2023. He has been the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2023 and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Kwinana since 2008. He was previously deputy premier of Western Australia from 2017 to 2023.

Cook was born in Perth and holds degrees from Murdoch University and Curtin University. Prior to being elected to parliament he was involved in student politics, serving as the first president of the National Union of Students, and worked as a public relations consultant and in management roles with Aboriginal corporations. Cook was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly at the 2008 state election, representing the seat of Kwinana. He was elected deputy leader of the Labor Party ten days after first being elected to parliament, and held this position until his appointment as leader of the party in 2023. He held senior ministerial office under Mark McGowan from 2017 to 2023, before being elected as McGowan's successor after his mid-term resignation.