Lara Giddings

The Honourable Lara Giddings AO, MP
Giddings in 2013
44th Premier of Tasmania Elections: 2014
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 (1972-11-14) 14 November 1972 (age 51) 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.com

Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings AO MP (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 2024, she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party.^[2]