Mark Arbib

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The Honourable Mark Arbib
Minister for Sport
In office 14 September 2010 – 2 March 2012
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Kate Ellis
Succeeded by	Kate Lundy
Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness
In office 14 September 2010 – 14 December 2011
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Tanya Plibersek
Succeeded by	Robert McClelland
Minister for Employment Participation
In office 9 June 2009 – 14 September 2010
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Brendan O'Connor
Succeeded by	Kate Ellis
Senator for New South Wales
In office 1 July 2008 – 5 March 2012
Preceded by	Kerry Nettle
Succeeded by	Bob Carr
Personal details
Born	Mark Victor Arbib (1971-11-09) 9 November 1971 (age 52) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Labor Party
Spouse	Kelli Field
Children	2 daughters
Residence	Australia
Alma mater	University of New South Wales
Profession	Union official

Mark Victor Arbib (born 9 November 1971) is an Australian former Labor Party politician and trade unionist, who was an Australian Senator for New South Wales from 2008 to 2012.

Arbib rose within the New South Wales Labor Party, and was eventually elected as State Secretary in 2004, before being elected to the Senate at the 2007 election. Arbib was frequently described in the media as a "power-broker" within the Parliamentary Labor Party.^[1] In 2009, he was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for Employment Participation.

In 2010, he was instrumental in the successful leadership challenge by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Gillard later named Arbib as Minister for Sport and Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness. After Rudd launched a leadership challenge against Gillard in 2012, Arbib announced his immediate retirement from politics.

Arbib was subsequently appointed a senior executive with James Packer's private investment company, Consolidated Press Holdings. He was also made President of Athletics Australia and has previously been a board member of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and for Sydney FC.