Darren Chester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Darren Chester

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1967

Place of Birth: Sale, Victoria, Australia

Profession: politician, journalist, political adviser

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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About Darren Chester

  • Darren Jeffrey Chester (born 13 September 1967) is an Australian politician.
  • He has been a member of the House of Representatives for Gippsland in Victoria, representing the Nationals since 2008.
  • Chester has served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Defence Personnel since 5 March 2018 (2018-03-05), following a rearrangement of the second Turnbull Ministry.
  • He was also Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC until May 2019.Chester served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence in the Abbott ministry from September 2013 to September 2015.
  • In the Turnbull Government he was appointed Assistant Minister for Defence from 21 September 2015; and between 18 February 2016 and 20 December 2017, Chester served as the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport following a rearrangement in the First Turnbull Ministry.
  • He briefly served in the Second Turnbull Ministry as the acting Minister for Regional Development and as the acting Minister for Local Government and Territories between October and December 2017, following the resignation of Fiona Nash.Chester was viewed as a potential candidate to replace Barnaby Joyce as National Party leader in February 2018; however he chose not to contest the leadership.

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