Gary Gray (politician)

His Excellency The Honourable Gary Gray AO
Australian Ambassador to Ireland
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2020
Preceded by	Robert Owen-Jones (Chargé d'affaires)
Minister for Resources and Energy
In office 25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Martin Ferguson
Succeeded by	Josh Frydenberg (2015)
Minister for Tourism
In office 25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Martin Ferguson
Succeeded by	Richard Colbeck (2015)
Minister for Small Business
In office 25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Chris Bowen
Succeeded by	Bruce Billson
Special Minister of State
In office 14 September 2010 – 25 March 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Joe Ludwig
Succeeded by	Mark Dreyfus
Member of the Australian Parliament for Brand
In office 24 November 2007 – 9 May 2016
Preceded by	Kim Beazley
Succeeded by	Madeleine King
Personal details
Born	(1958-04-30) 30 April 1958 (age 66) Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse	Deborah Walsh ​ (died 2017)​
Relations	Peter Walsh (father-in-law)
Children	3
Alma mater	Australian National University

Gary Gray AO (born 30 April 1958), Australian former politician and Australia's Ambassador to Ireland,^[1] was the Australian Labor Party (ALP) representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016. On 25 March 2013, Gray was appointed to the Australian Cabinet as the Minister for Resources and Energy, the Minister for Tourism and the Minister for Small Business. From 2010 until 2013, Gray served as the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity.^[2]

Before entering Parliament in 2007 Gray spent 16 years as an official of the Australian Labor Party, rising to national secretary (1993-2000). He also held senior executive positions, before entering Parliament and again following his retirement from politics in 2016, at some of Australia's largest resources companies. In 1981, Gray graduated with a degree in economics from Australian National University in Canberra. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 and made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2003.