Joe Ludwig

Joe Ludwig
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 July 1999 – 9 May 2016
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
In office
14 September 2010 – 1 July 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byTony Burke
Succeeded byJoel Fitzgibbon
Cabinet Secretary
In office
9 June 2009 – 14 September 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded byJohn Faulkner
Succeeded byGary Gray
Special Minister of State
In office
9 June 2009 – 14 September 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded byJohn Faulkner
Succeeded byGary Gray
Minister for Human Services
In office
3 December 2007 – 9 June 2009
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byChris Ellison
Succeeded byChris Bowen
Personal details
BornJoseph William Ludwig
(1959-07-21) 21 July 1959
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Joseph William Ludwig (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian barrister and retired politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland from July 1999 to May 2016, representing the Australian Labor Party. Ludwig served in a range of portfolios in the first Rudd and the second Gillard ministries until his resignation from Cabinet as the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery, in 2013.