Stephen Smith (Australian politician)

Stephen Smith
Official portrait, 2023
High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom
Assumed office
26 January 2023
Preceded byLynette Wood (Acting)
George Brandis
Minister for Defence
In office
14 September 2010 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byJohn Faulkner
Succeeded byDavid Johnston
Minister for Trade
In office
28 June 2010 – 14 September 2010
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded bySimon Crean
Succeeded byCraig Emerson
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded byAlexander Downer
Succeeded byKevin Rudd
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Perth
In office
13 March 1993 – 5 August 2013
Preceded byRic Charlesworth
Succeeded byAlannah MacTiernan
Personal details
Born
Stephen Francis Smith

(1955-12-12) 12 December 1955 (age 68)
Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLabor
SpouseJane Seymour
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia
University of London

Stephen Francis Smith (born 12 December 1955) is an Australian former politician and diplomat serving as the 26th and current high commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom since 2023. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was the federal member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Perth from 1993 to 2013, serving in the Rudd and Gillard governments as minister for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2010, minister for Trade in 2010 and minister for Defence from 2010 to 2013.