Jim Chalmers

The Honourable Jim Chalmers MP
Chalmers in 2020
Treasurer of Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Josh Frydenberg
Minister for Home Affairs
Acting
In office 23 May 2022 – 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Karen Andrews
Succeeded by	Clare O'Neil
Member of the Australian Parliament for Rankin
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2013
Preceded by	Craig Emerson
Shadow Treasurer
In office 5 June 2019 – 23 May 2022
Minister	Josh Frydenberg
Leader	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Chris Bowen
Succeeded by	Angus Taylor
Shadow Minister for Finance
In office 23 July 2016 – 5 June 2019
Minister	Mathias Cormann
Leader	Bill Shorten
Preceded by	Tony Burke
Succeeded by	Katy Gallagher
Shadow Minister for Sport
In office 13 October 2015 – 23 July 2016
Minister	Sussan Ley
Leader	Bill Shorten
Preceded by	Bernie Ripoll
Succeeded by	Stephen Conroy
Personal details
Born	(1978-03-02) 2 March 1978 (age 46) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Laura Anderson ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Griffith University (BA, BComn) Australian National University (PhD)
Website	www.jimchalmers.org

James Edward Chalmers (born 2 March 1978) is an Australian politician. He has been Treasurer of Australia in the Albanese government since May 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a member of parliament for the division of Rankin since 2013.

Chalmers was born in Brisbane and attended the Australian National University, where he completed a doctorate in political science. At the 2013 Australian federal election, Chalmers won the seat of Rankin in Brisbane's south, entering the House of Representatives. He served in the shadow ministries of Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese, before assuming the role of Treasurer after Labor's victory in the 2022 federal election.