What is Bob Brown?
{{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = |name = Dr. Bob Brown |image = Brown, Bob (2007) crop.jpg |imagesize = 200px |smallimage = |order = |office = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Tasmania]] |term_start = 1 July 1996 |term_end = 15 June 2012 |predecessor = |successor = [[Peter Whish-Wilson]] |constituency = [[Tasmania]] |majority = |order2 = 1st |office2 = Australian Greens{{!}}Leader of the Australian Greens |term_start2 = 28 November 2005 |term_end2 = 13 April 2012 |deputy2 = [[Christine Milne]] |predecessor2 = ''new office'' |successor2 = [[Christine Milne]] |birth_date = [[27 December]] [[1944]] |birth_place = [[Oberon, New South Wales]], [[Australia]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Australian Greens]] (1996-present) |otherparty = [[Tasmanian Greens]] (1992-1993) |partner = Paul Thomas |occupation = Politician |profession = Doctor }} '''Robert James Brown''', also known as '''Bob''' (born 27 December, 1944), is a former [[Australian Greens]] Senator and former Parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. He was the first openly [[gay]] member of the [[Parliament of Australia]] and the first openly gay leader of a [[political party]] in Australia.<ref>[http://m.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/bob-brown-resigns-as-greens-leader-and-senator-20120413-1wxoz.html?page=2/ Bob Brown resigns as Greens leader and senator]</ref> Prior to that, he served as a member for Denison in the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly]] from 1983 to 1993 and Leader of the [[Tasmanian Greens]] from their foundation in 1992 to 1993. On 13 April, 2012, Brown resigned as Greens leader and was succeeded by his deputy Christine Milne and indicated his intention to resign from the Senate in June. In May 2012 the replacement was selected and has been named as [[Peter Whish-Wilson]] who is an economist and winemaker who has previously stood for the greens and assumed office on 21 June 2012 and Senator Brown resigned on 15 June 2012. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSO