Nathan Rees
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Nathan Rees (/riːz/) (born 12 February 1968)[1] is an Australian former politician who served as the 41st Premier of New South Wales and parliamentary leader of the New South Wales Labor Party from September 2008 to December 2009. Rees was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Toongabbie for Labor from 2007 to 2015.
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41st Premier of New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 5 September 2008 – 4 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Governor | Marie Bashir | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Carmel Tebbutt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Morris Iemma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kristina Keneally | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Toongabbie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 24 March 2007 – 6 March 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | New district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | District abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1968-02-12) 12 February 1968 (age 56) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Stacey Haines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School University of Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rees replaced Morris Iemma as Premier and party leader on 5 September 2008. At 40 years and 206 days of age, Rees became the youngest person to assume the office, a record that has since been surpassed by Dominic Perrottet.[2] On 3 December 2009, Rees was deposed as leader of the Labor Party by Kristina Keneally after he resoundingly lost a secret ballot in the Labor Party caucus after fifteen months as Premier. He is the shortest-serving member of the New South Wales Parliament to become Premier since Federation, and the only Labor Premier of New South Wales not to lead the party into an election. To date, he is also the most recent premier of an Australian state not to contest a general election.