Lara Giddings | |
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44th Premier of Tasmania | |
In office 24 January 2011 – 31 March 2014 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor | Peter Underwood |
Deputy | Bryan Green |
Preceded by | David Bartlett |
Succeeded by | Will Hodgman |
Deputy Premier of Tasmania | |
In office 26 May 2008 – 24 January 2011 | |
Premier | David Bartlett |
Preceded by | David Bartlett |
Succeeded by | Bryan Green |
Treasurer of Tasmania | |
In office 6 December 2010 – 31 March 2014 | |
Premier | David Bartlett |
Preceded by | Michael Aird |
Succeeded by | Peter Gutwein |
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament for Franklin | |
In office 20 July 2002 – 3 March 2018 | |
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament for Lyons | |
In office 24 February 1996 – 29 August 1998 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Larissa Tahireh Giddings 14 November 1972 Goroka, Papua New Guinea |
Political party | Labor |
Domestic partner | Ian Magill |
Children | 1 plus 4 stepchildren |
Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | laragiddings |
Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings (born 14 November 1972) is an Australian former politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by Bryan Green after her government's defeat at the 2014 state election.[1] Giddings came from the Labor Left faction. As of 2025, she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party.[2]