Stephen Smith (Australian politician)

His Excellency Professor The Honourable Stephen Smith
Official portrait, 2023
High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 January 2023
Preceded by	Lynette Wood (Acting) George Brandis
Minister for Defence
In office 14 September 2010 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	John Faulkner
Succeeded by	David Johnston
Minister for Trade
In office 28 June 2010 – 14 September 2010
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Simon Crean
Succeeded by	Craig Emerson
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 3 December 2007 – 14 September 2010
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Alexander Downer
Succeeded by	Kevin Rudd
Member of the Australian Parliament for Perth
In office 13 March 1993 – 5 August 2013
Preceded by	Ric Charlesworth
Succeeded by	Alannah MacTiernan
Personal details
Born	Stephen Francis Smith (1955-12-12) 12 December 1955 (age 68) Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Jane Seymour
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Western Australia University of London

Stephen Francis Smith (born 12 December 1955) is an Australian former politician and diplomat serving as the 26th and current high commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom since 2023. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was the federal member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Perth from 1993 to 2013, serving in the Rudd and Gillard governments as minister for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2010, minister for Trade in 2010 and minister for Defence from 2010 to 2013.