Rosemary Follett

Rosemary Follett AO
1st Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
In office 11 May 1989 – 5 December 1989
Deputy	Paul Whalan
Succeeded by	Trevor Kaine
In office 6 June 1991 – 2 March 1995
Deputy	Wayne Berry David Lamont
Preceded by	Trevor Kaine
Succeeded by	Kate Carnell
Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly
In office 4 March 1989 – 18 February 1995 Serving with Berry, Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Grassby, Humphries, Jensen, Kaine, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Stevenson, Wood, Whalan
Preceded by	first Assembly
Succeeded by	Multi-member multiple constituencies
In office 18 February 1995 – 12 December 1996 Serving with Carnell, Connolly, Cornwell, Humphries, Moore, Tucker
Preceded by	Multi-member single constituency
Succeeded by	Simon Corbell
Constituency	Molonglo
Personal details
Born	(1948-03-27) 27 March 1948 (age 76) Sydney
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Labor Party
Alma mater	Canberra College of Advanced Education
Occupation	Politician, activist

Rosemary Follett AO (born 27 March 1948^{[citation needed]}) is an Australian former politician who was the first Chief Minister of Australian Capital Territory, serving in 1989 and again between 1991 and 1995. She was the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory.^[1]