Joe Ludwig | |
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| Senator for Queensland | |
| In office 1 July 1999 – 9 May 2016 | |
| Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
| In office 14 September 2010 – 1 July 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Tony Burke |
| Succeeded by | Joel Fitzgibbon |
| Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 9 June 2009 – 14 September 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | John Faulkner |
| Succeeded by | Gary Gray |
| Special Minister of State | |
| In office 9 June 2009 – 14 September 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | John Faulkner |
| Succeeded by | Gary Gray |
| Minister for Human Services | |
| In office 3 December 2007 – 9 June 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Chris Ellison |
| Succeeded by | Chris Bowen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 July 1959 Longreach, Queensland, Australia |
Joseph William Ludwig (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian barrister and retired politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland from July 1999 to May 2016, representing the Australian Labor Party. Ludwig served in a range of portfolios in the first Rudd and the second Gillard ministries until his resignation from Cabinet as the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery, in 2013.