Jim Chalmers
Jim Chalmers | |
|---|---|
Chalmers in 2022 | |
| Treasurer of Australia | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Josh Frydenberg |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Rankin | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Craig Emerson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1978 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Party | Labor |
| Spouse |
Laura Anderson (m. 2013) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | Government website Personal website Party website |
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James Edward Chalmers (born 2 March 1978) is an Australian politician who has served as the treasurer of Australia since 2022. A member of the Labor Party, he has been the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Rankin since 2013.
Chalmers was born in Brisbane and attended the Australian National University, where he completed a doctorate in political science. At the 2013 Australian federal election, Chalmers won the seat of Rankin in Brisbane's south, entering the House of Representatives. He served in the shadow ministries of Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese, before assuming the role of Treasurer after Labor's victory in the 2022 federal election.