Anna Maria Bligh

Anna Maria Bligh
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b. 1960 · 66 years old

Born 14 July 1960 in Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Living Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Banking Association from 2017 until her retirement from the role in August 2025.

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1960s
Born 14 July 1960

Warwick, Queensland, Australia
1970s
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Education (Bachelor of Arts, University of Queensland) 1978–1981

Studied at the University of Queensland from 1978 and graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1981. No place row exists in the tree for the University of Queensland, so no place is attached.

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1990s
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Member for South Brisbane, Queensland Legislative Assembly 15 July 1995 – 2 April 2012

South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the electorate of South Brisbane from 15 July 1995 until her resignation, effective 2 April 2012.

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Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care and Minister for Disability Services 29 June 1998 – 22 February 2001

Queensland, Australia

First ministerial appointment, in the Beattie government.

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2000s
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Minister for Education 22 February 2001 – 12 February 2004

Queensland, Australia

Held the Queensland education portfolio from February 2001 to February 2004.

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Minister for Education and the Arts 12 February 2004 – 28 July 2005

Queensland, Australia

Continued in education with the arts portfolio added from February 2004.

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Deputy Premier of Queensland 28 July 2005 – 13 September 2007

Queensland, Australia

Deputy Premier through three successive portfolio combinations: Deputy Premier and Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Trade and Innovation (28 Jul 2005 - 2 Feb 2006); Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for State Development, Trade and Innovation (2 Feb 2006 - 13 Sep 2006); Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure (13 Sep 2006 - 13 Sep 2007).

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Treasurer of Queensland 2 February 2006 – 13 September 2007

Queensland, Australia

Held the Queensland treasury portfolio alongside the deputy premiership from February 2006 until becoming Premier.

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Premier of Queensland 13 September 2007 – 26 March 2012

Queensland, Australia

Thirty-seventh Premier of Queensland and the first woman to hold the office, succeeding Peter Beattie on 13 September 2007. Led Labor to victory at the 2009 state election and left office on 26 March 2012. Her premiership included the response to the 2010-11 Queensland floods and a subsequent category 5 cyclone.

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Minister for the Arts 26 March 2009 – 21 February 2011

Queensland, Australia

Held the arts portfolio in her own ministry while Premier.

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2010s
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National President, Australian Labor Party 2010–2011

Served a term as National President of the Australian Labor Party while Premier of Queensland.

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Minister for Reconstruction 21 February 2011 – 26 March 2012

Queensland, Australia

Portfolio created after the 2010-11 Queensland floods and held by Bligh as Premier. She led a reconstruction program that included a legislated Reconstruction Authority administering a rebuilding budget of about $6 billion.

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Occupation (Chief Executive Officer, YWCA NSW) from 2013

Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary of YWCA New South Wales after leaving politics. The Queensland Parliament register records the appointment as running since 2013; Wikipedia gives 2014.

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Title (AC) 26 January 2017

Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day honours of 2017, for eminent service to the Parliament of Queensland, particularly as Premier, to infrastructure development and education reform, as an advocate for the role of women in public life, and to the not-for-profit sector.

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Occupation (Chief Executive Officer, Australian Banking Association) 2017–2025

Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Banking Association from 2017 until her retirement from the role in August 2025.

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Occupation (Senior Policy Officer, Queensland Public Service)

Before entering parliament worked as a Senior Policy Officer in the Queensland Department of Employment, Vocational Education, Training and Industrial Relations, and in community organisations including women's refuges and neighbourhood centres, childcare services and trade unions. No dates are given by the source.

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