Will Hodgman | |
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45th Premier of Tasmania Elections: 2010, 2014, 2018 | |
In office 31 March 2014 – 20 January 2020 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor | Peter Underwood Kate Warner |
Deputy | Jeremy Rockliff |
Preceded by | Lara Giddings |
Succeeded by | Peter Gutwein |
18th Australian High Commissioner to Singapore | |
Assumed office 9 February 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Scott Morrison Anthony Albanese |
Preceded by | Bruce Gosper |
Leader of the Opposition of Tasmania | |
In office 30 March 2006 – 31 March 2014 | |
Deputy | Jeremy Rockliff |
Preceded by | Rene Hidding |
Succeeded by | Bryan Green |
Leader of the Liberal Party of Tasmania | |
In office 30 March 2006 – 20 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Rene Hidding |
Succeeded by | Peter Gutwein |
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament for Franklin | |
In office 20 July 2002 – 20 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Matt Smith |
Succeeded by | Nic Street |
Personal details | |
Born | William Edward Felix Hodgman 20 April 1969 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Nicola Hodgman |
Relations |
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Children | William, James and Lily Hodgman |
Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
William Edward Felix Hodgman (born 20 April 1969) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who has been the High Commissioner of Australia to Singapore since February 2021. He was the 45th Premier of Tasmania and a member for the Division of Franklin in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from the 2002 state election until his resignation in January 2020. He became premier following the 2014 state election, having been Leader of the Opposition since 2006.[1] He was re-elected to a second term in government following victory in the 2018 state election.
In March 2018, he succeeded Angus Bethune as the longest-serving leader in the history of the Tasmanian Liberals. He resigned as the Premier of Tasmania, the Leader of the Tasmanian Liberals and Member of the Parliament of Tasmania on 20 January 2020.[2][3] In April 2020, Hodgman was appointed as the chair of Australian Business Growth Fund by federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.[4] Hodgman is from Hobart and was educated at the University of Tasmania.
Hodgman's father, uncle, and grandfather also served in the Parliament of Tasmania.