Jason Clare

Jason Clare
Clare in 2022
Minister for Education
Assumed office
1 June 2022
Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese
Preceded byAlan Tudge
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byBrendan O'Connor
Succeeded byMichael Keenan
Minister for Justice
In office
14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byBrendan O'Connor
Succeeded byPeter Dutton
Minister for Defence Materiel
In office
1 March 2012 – 4 February 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byKim Carr
Succeeded byMike Kelly
In office
14 September 2010 – 14 December 2011
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byGreg Combet
Succeeded byKim Carr
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Blaxland
Assumed office
24 November 2007
Preceded byMichael Hatton
Personal details
Born
Jason Dean Clare

(1972-03-22) 22 March 1972 (age 52)
Sydney, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
Spouse
Louise Tran
(m. 2012)
[1]
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Websitewww.jasonclare.com.au

Jason Dean Clare (born 22 March 1972) is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007.

Clare has been a member of the shadow cabinet from 2013-2022, under opposition leaders Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese. He was a government minister under Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd from 2010 to 2013, serving as Minister for Defence Materiel (2010–2011, 2012–2013), Home Affairs (2011–2013), Justice (2011–2013), and Cabinet Secretary (2013).

He returned to the ministry as Minister for Education after the ALP's victory in the 2022 Australian federal election.[2]

  1. ^ Jones, Gemma (27 October 2012). "Asylum minister Jason Clare to wed migrant's daughter Louise Tran". The Australian. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ Visentin, Lisa (3 June 2022). "'Not interested in picking fights': New education minister says curriculum wars have been settled". The Sydney Morning Herald.