Joel Fitzgibbon

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Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon
51st Minister for Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office  3 December 2007
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Brendan Nelson
Constituency	Hunter
Born	16 January 1962 (1962-01-16) (age 46) Bellingen, NSW, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Website	JoelFitzgibbon.com

Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon (born 16 January 1962), is the Minister for Defence in the first Rudd Ministry. Fitzgibbon, an Australian Labor Party politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Hunter in New South Wales. He was born in Bellingen, New South Wales, the son of Eric Fitzgibbon who was MP for Hunter 1984-96.

Before entering politics Fitzgibbon was an automotive electrician, electorate officer, part-time technical education lecturer and small business operator. He was a member of the Cessnock City Council in the period 1987-95.

Fitzgibbon was elected to the Opposition Shadow Ministry in October 1998 and was Shadow Minister for Mining, Energy and Forestry in 2003-05. In June 2005 he was appointed Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Revenue and for Small Business and Competition.

In early December 2006, when Kevin Rudd became Leader of the Opposition, Fitzgibbon was appointed Shadow Minister for Defence.

In the 2007 federal election he was re-elected. He was appointed as the Defence Minister in Kevin Rudd's cabinet on 29 November 2007.^[1]

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• First Rudd Ministry

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Eric Fitzgibbon	Member for Hunter 1996 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Brendan Nelson	Minister for Defence 2007 – present	Incumbent

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Persondata
NAME	Fitzgibbon, Joel Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	16 January 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH	Living
PLACE OF DEATH