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Jacinta Collins | |
|---|---|
 Collins in March 2019 | |
| Senator for Victoria | |
| In office 8 May 2008 – 15 February 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Ray |
| Succeeded by | Raff Ciccone |
| In office 3 May 1995 – 30 June 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Olive Zakharov |
| Minister for Mental Health and Ageing | |
| In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Mark Butler |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Andrews |
| Manager of Government Business in the Senate | |
| In office 5 March 2012 – 18 September 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Joe Ludwig |
| Succeeded by | Mitch Fifield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jacinta Mary Ann Collins 4 September 1962 Altona, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | Monash University La Trobe University |
| Occupation | Research officer |
Jacinta Mary Ann Collins (born 4 September 1962) is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 1995 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2019. She represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was the party's deputy leader in the Senate from June to October 2013. Collins was a parliamentary secretary in the Gillard government and Minister for Mental Health and Ageing in the second Rudd government. She retired from politics prior to the 2019 federal election and accepted an appointment as national executive director of the National Catholic Education Commission on 18 February 2019.[1]