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Place of Birth: Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
About Bob Debus
- Robert John Debus (born 16 September 1943), a former Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the Labor Party.
- Debus has been a minister in both the Australian and New South Wales governments.
- He served in the NSW Parliament from 1981 to 1988 and again from 1995 to 2007; and in the Australian Parliament from 2007 to 2010. Before his retirement from the NSW Parliament, at the 2007 state election, he held the portfolios of Attorney-General, Minister for the Environment, and Minister for the Arts; and represented the Blue Mountains electorate.
- Prior to his retirement from the Australian Parliament, at the 2010 federal election, he was Minister for Home Affairs in the Rudd Ministry; and served as Member for Macquarie.
- Debus is a prominent member of Labor's Socialist Left faction.
- On 6 June 2009, Bob Debus announced his resignation from the ministry and his retirement.
- He did not contest the 2010 federal election.
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