Gary Gray (politician)

Gary Gray
Australian Ambassador to Ireland
Assumed office
1 August 2020
Preceded byRobert Owen-Jones
(Chargé d'affaires)
Minister for Resources and Energy
In office
25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byMartin Ferguson
Succeeded byJosh Frydenberg (2015)
Minister for Tourism
In office
25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byMartin Ferguson
Succeeded byRichard Colbeck (2015)
Minister for Small Business
In office
25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byChris Bowen
Succeeded byBruce Billson
Special Minister of State
In office
14 September 2010 – 25 March 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byJoe Ludwig
Succeeded byMark Dreyfus
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Brand
In office
24 November 2007 – 9 May 2016
Preceded byKim Beazley
Succeeded byMadeleine King
Personal details
Born (1958-04-30) 30 April 1958 (age 66)
Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Spouse
Deborah Walsh
(died 2017)
RelationsPeter Walsh (father-in-law)
Children3
Alma materAustralian National University

Gary Gray AO (born 30 April 1958), Australian former politician and Australia's Ambassador to Ireland,[1] was the Australian Labor Party (ALP) representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016. On 25 March 2013, Gray was appointed to the Australian Cabinet as the Minister for Resources and Energy, the Minister for Tourism and the Minister for Small Business. From 2010 until 2013, Gray served as the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity.[2]

Before entering Parliament in 2007 Gray spent 16 years as an official of the Australian Labor Party, rising to national secretary (1993-2000). He also held senior executive positions, before entering Parliament and again following his retirement from politics in 2016, at some of Australia's largest resources companies. In 1981, Gray graduated with a degree in economics from Australian National University in Canberra. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 and made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2003.

  1. ^ "Ambassador to Ireland".
  2. ^ "Hon Gary Gray AO, MP". www.aph.gov.au. Canberra: Commonwealth Parliament. Retrieved 22 January 2020.