What is Stephen Smith (Australian politician)?
[[File:Stephen Francis Smith in 2024.jpg|thumb|268x268px|Stephen Smith]] '''Stephen Francis Smith''' (born 12 December 1955) is an [[Australia]]n politician. He is a member of the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]]. He was a member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] for the [[Division of Perth]] from 1993 to 2013. He was also a minister in the [[Kevin Rudd|Rudd]] and [[Julia Gillard|Gillard]] governments, serving as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (2007–2010), [[Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment|Minister for Trade]] (2010) and [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]] (2010–2013). Smith was born in [[Narrogin, Western Australia|Narrogin]], [[Western Australia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=5V5|title=Hon Stephen Smith MP|publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]]|access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category|Stephen Francis Smith}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Stephen}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian Labor Party politicians]] [[Category:Australian lawyers]] [[Category:Australian ministers for Foreign Affairs]] [[Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives]] [[Category:Politicians from Western Australia]] {{bio-stub}} {{politics-stub}}