Jason Clare

The Honourable Jason Clare MP
Clare in 2022
Minister for Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Alan Tudge
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Brendan O'Connor
Succeeded by	Michael Keenan
Minister for Justice
In office 14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Brendan O'Connor
Succeeded by	Peter Dutton
Minister for Defence Materiel
In office 1 March 2012 – 4 February 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Kim Carr
Succeeded by	Mike Kelly
In office 14 September 2010 – 14 December 2011
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Greg Combet
Succeeded by	Kim Carr
Member of the Australian Parliament for Blaxland
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2007
Preceded by	Michael Hatton
Personal details
Born	Jason Dean Clare (1972-03-22) 22 March 1972 (age 52) Sydney, Australia
Political party	Labor Party
Spouse	Louise Tran ​ (m. 2012)​ [1]
Alma mater	University of New South Wales
Signature
Website	www.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]