Tanya Plibersek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tanya Plibersek

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1969

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969) is an Australian politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2019, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sydney since 1998.
A member of the Labor Party, Plibersek served as a Cabinet Minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments. Plibersek was born in Sydney to Slovenian immigrant parents.
She has degrees from the University of Technology Sydney and Macquarie University, and before entering parliament worked as a staffer for Senator Bruce Childs.
Plibersek was elected to the Division of Sydney at the 1998 federal election, aged 28.
She was added to the Shadow Cabinet in 2004, and when Labor won the 2007 election was made Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women.
In a cabinet reshuffle in 2010, Plibersek was instead made Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion.
She was promoted to Minister for Health the following year, and held that position until Labor's defeat at the 2013 election.
Plibersek was elected deputy leader to Bill Shorten in the election's aftermath.
She is a member of the Labor Left faction.