Scott Ludlam | |
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Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens | |
In office 6 May 2015 – 14 July 2017 Serving with Larissa Waters | |
Leader | Richard Di Natale |
Preceded by | Adam Bandt |
Succeeded by | Adam Bandt and Rachel Siewert (acting) |
Senator for Western Australia | |
In office 1 July 2008 – 14 July 2017 | |
Preceded by | Ruth Webber |
Succeeded by | Jordon Steele-John |
Personal details | |
Born | Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand | 10 January 1970
Nationality | Australia New Zealand |
Political party | Greens |
Alma mater | Curtin University Murdoch University |
Website | scottludlam.com |
Scott Ludlam (born 10 January 1970) is a New Zealand-born Australian former politician. A member of the Australian Greens, he was a senator in the Australian Senate from July 2008 to July 2017 and served as deputy leader of the Greens. Ludlam represented the state of Western Australia and resigned when it was found that he had been ineligible to sit in the Senate due to holding dual citizenship of New Zealand and Australia.