Katy Gallagher

Senator The Honourable Katy Gallagher
Official portrait, 2022
Minister for Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Simon Birmingham
Vice-President of the Executive Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Simon Birmingham
Minister for the Public Service
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Ben Morton
Minister for Women
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Marise Payne
Manager of Government Business in the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 May 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	Anne Ruston
Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2019
Preceded by	David Smith
In office 25 March 2015 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Kate Lundy
Succeeded by	David Smith
ACT Legislative Assembly 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory Elections: 2012 In office 16 May 2011 – 11 December 2014 Deputy Andrew Barr Preceded by Jon Stanhope Succeeded by Andrew Barr 10th Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory In office 20 April 2006 – 16 May 2011 Preceded by Ted Quinlan Succeeded by Andrew Barr 7th Treasurer of the Australian Capital Territory In office 11 November 2008 – 30 June 2011 Preceded by Jon Stanhope Succeeded by Andrew Barr Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly for Molonglo In office 20 October 2001 – 23 December 2014 Preceded by Jacqui Burke Succeeded by Meegan Fitzharris
Personal details
Born	Katherine Ruth Gallagher[1] (1970-03-18) 18 March 1970 (age 54) Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Political party	Labor
Children	3
Residence(s)	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Alma mater	Australian National University
Profession	Community worker, union organiser
Website	www.katygallagher.com.au

Katherine Ruth Gallagher (/'gæləhər/ GAL-ə-her; born 18 March 1970) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Government since 2022 having formerly served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2014. She has been a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory since the 2019 federal election, as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018.

Gallagher grew up in Canberra and was a social worker and union organiser with the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) before entering politics. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 2001, representing the electorate of Molonglo.^[2] She was made a minister under Jon Stanhope in 2002, and appointed Deputy Chief Minister in 2006. Gallagher became Chief Minister in 2011 after Stanhope's retirement, and led her party to a fourth consecutive term at the 2012 general election. She resigned in 2014 to seek preselection to the Senate.^[3]

In March 2015, Gallagher was appointed to fill the casual vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator Kate Lundy.^[4] She was appointed to Bill Shorten's shadow ministry later in the year, and elected to the Senate in her own right at the 2016 federal election. She was subsequently elected Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate. In December 2017, during the parliamentary eligibility crisis, Gallagher was referred to the High Court. The court ruled in May 2018 that she was disqualified from sitting in the Senate for failing to renounce her British citizenship before nomination for election in 2016.^[5] She returned to her previous Senate seat at the 2019 federal election.^[6]