Chris Evans (Australian politician)

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Christopher Evans
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
Incumbent
Assumed office  3 December 2007
Preceded by	Kevin Andrews
Born	14 May 1958 (1958-05-14) (age 50) Cuckfield, United Kingdom
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Website	ChrisEvans.alp.org.au

Christopher Vaughan Evans (born 14 May 1958), is an Australian politician and a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia, representing the Australian Labor Party. He has been Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the Rudd Labor Government since 3 December 2007.

Evans was born in Cuckfield, United Kingdom. He was educated at the University of Western Australia, where he graduated in Arts. Evans was an industrial officer with the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union in 1982-1987 and State Secretary of the Fire Brigade Union of Western Australia in 1987-1990. He was Western Australian State Secretary of the Labor Party in 1991-1993, after which He was elected to the Senate.

Evans was an Opposition Whip in the Senate in 1996-1998. He has been a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry since then. He was Shadow Minister for Family Services and the Aged in 1998-2001, for Defence in 2001-2004, for Reconciliation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs in 2003, for Defence Procurement, Science and Personnel in 2004 and for Social Security in 2004-2005. He was the leader of the opposition in the Senate from October 2004 until November 2007.

In June 2005, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and for Family and Community Services.

In November 2007 Evans was named as the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship in the incoming Rudd Labor Government.^[1]

Evans will be acting Prime Minister of Australia for around 30 hours in June 2008, the first Labor senator to be acting prime minister for nearly 100 years.^[2]

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• First Rudd Ministry

Political offices
Preceded by Kevin Andrews	Minister for Immigration and Citizenship 2007 – present	Incumbent

v • d • e Current members of the Cabinet of Australia Rudd · Gillard · Swan · Evans · Faulkner · Crean · Smith · Fitzgibbon · Roxon · Macklin · Tanner · Albanese · Conroy · Carr · Wong · Garrett · McClelland · Ludwig · Burke · Ferguson

v • d • e Current members of the Australian Senate NSW George Campbell (ALP) • Helen Coonan (Lib) • John Faulkner (ALP) • Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) • Michael Forshaw (ALP) • Bill Heffernan (Lib) • Steve Hutchins (ALP) • Sandy Macdonald (Nat) • Fiona Nash (Nat) • Kerry Nettle (Grn) • Marise Payne (Lib) • Ursula Stephens (ALP) QLD Andrew Bartlett (Dem) • Ron Boswell (Nat) • Sue Boyce (Lib) • George Brandis (Lib) • John Hogg (ALP) • Barnaby Joyce (Nat) • Joe Ludwig (ALP) • Ian Macdonald (Lib) • Jan McLucas (ALP) • Brett Mason (Lib) • Claire Moore (ALP) • Russell Trood (Lib) SA Cory Bernardi (Lib) • Simon Birmingham (Lib) • Grant Chapman (Lib) • Alan Ferguson (Lib) • Mary Jo Fisher (Lib) • Annette Hurley (ALP) • Linda Kirk (ALP) • Anne McEwen (ALP) • Nick Minchin (Lib) • Natasha Stott-Despoja (Dem) • Penny Wong (ALP) • Dana Wortley (ALP) Tas Eric Abetz (Lib) • Guy Barnett (Lib) • Bob Brown (Grn) • Carol Brown (ALP) • David Bushby (Lib) • Richard Colbeck (Lib) • Christine Milne (Grn) • Kerry O'Brien (ALP) • Stephen Parry (Lib) • Helen Polley (ALP) • Nick Sherry (ALP) • John Watson (Lib) Vic Lyn Allison (Dem) • Kim Carr (ALP) • Jacinta Collins (ALP) • Steve Conroy (ALP) • Steve Fielding (FFP) • Mitch Fifield (Lib) • Rod Kemp (Lib) • Julian McGauran (Lib) • Gavin Marshall (ALP) • Kay Patterson (Lib) • Michael Ronaldson (Lib) • Judith Troeth (Lib) WA Judith Adams (Lib) • Mark Bishop (ALP) • Mathias Cormann (Lib) • Alan Eggleston (Lib) • Chris Ellison (Lib) • Chris Evans (ALP) • David Johnston (Lib) • Ross Lightfoot (Lib) • Andrew Murray (Dem) • Rachel Siewert (Grn) • Glenn Sterle (ALP) • Ruth Webber (ALP) Territories ACT Gary Humphries (Lib) • Kate Lundy (ALP) NT Trish Crossin (ALP) • Nigel Scullion (CLP) Labor (ALP) • Democrat (Dem) • Family First (FFP) • Greens (Grn) • Liberal (Lib) • Country Liberal (CLP) • National (Nat)

v • d • e Next members of the Australian Senate NSW Mark Arbib (ALP) • Doug Cameron (ALP) • Helen Coonan (Lib) • John Faulkner (ALP) • Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) • Michael Forshaw (ALP) • Bill Heffernan (Lib) • Steve Hutchins (ALP) • Fiona Nash (Nat) • Marise Payne (Lib) • Ursula Stephens (ALP) • John Williams (Nat) QLD Ron Boswell (Nat) • Sue Boyce (Lib) • George Brandis (Lib) • Mark Furner (ALP) • John Hogg (ALP) • Barnaby Joyce (Nat) • Joe Ludwig (ALP) • Ian Macdonald (Lib) • Jan McLucas (ALP) • Brett Mason (Lib) • Claire Moore (ALP) • Russell Trood (Lib) SA Cory Bernardi (Lib) • Simon Birmingham (Lib) • Don Farrell (ALP) • Alan Ferguson (Lib) • Mary Jo Fisher (Lib) • Sarah Hanson-Young (Grn) • Annette Hurley (ALP) • Anne McEwen (ALP) • Nick Minchin (Lib) • Penny Wong (ALP) • Dana Wortley (ALP) • Nick Xenophon (Ind) Tas Eric Abetz (Lib) • Guy Barnett (Lib) • Catryna Bilyk (ALP) • Bob Brown (Grn) • Carol Brown (ALP) • David Bushby (Lib) • Richard Colbeck (Lib) • Christine Milne (Grn) • Kerry O'Brien (ALP) • Stephen Parry (Lib) • Helen Polley (ALP) • Nick Sherry (ALP) Vic Kim Carr (ALP) • Jacinta Collins (ALP) • Stephen Conroy (ALP) • David Feeney (ALP) • Steve Fielding (FFP) • Mitch Fifield (Lib) • Helen Kroger (Lib) • Gavin Marshall (ALP) • Julian McGauran (Lib) • Michael Ronaldson (Lib) • Scott Ryan (Lib) • Judith Troeth (Lib) WA Judith Adams (Lib) • Mark Bishop (ALP) • Michaelia Cash (Lib) • Mathias Cormann (Lib) • Alan Eggleston (Lib) • Chris Ellison (Lib) • Chris Evans (ALP) • David Johnston (Lib) • Scott Ludlam (Grn) • Louise Pratt (ALP) • Rachel Siewert (Grn) • Glenn Sterle (ALP) Territories ACT Gary Humphries (Lib) • Kate Lundy (ALP) NT Trish Crossin (ALP) • Nigel Scullion (CLP) Labor (ALP) • Family First (FFP) • Greens (Grn) • Liberal (Lib) • Country Liberal (CLP) • National (Nat)

Persondata
NAME	Evans, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	14 May 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cuckfield, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH	Living person
PLACE OF DEATH