Mark Ryan (Australian politician) explained

Mark Ryan
Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Minister for Fire and Emergency Services
Term Start:12 November 2020
Term End:18 December 2023
Premier:Annastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles
Predecessor:Craig Crawford
Successor:Nikki Boyd (as Minister for Fire and Disaster Recovery)
Term Start1:11 November 2016
Term End1:11 December 2017
Premier1:Annastacia Palaszczuk
Predecessor1:Bill Byrne
Successor1:Craig Crawford
Office2:Minister for Police and Corrective Services
Term Start2:11 November 2016
Term End2:18 December 2023
Premier2:Annastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles
Predecessor2:Bill Byrne
Successor2:Himself (as Minister for Police)
Nikki Boyd (as Minister for Corrective Services)
Office3:Assistant Minister of State Assisting the Premier of Queensland
Premier3:Annastacia Palaszczuk
Term Start3:7 December 2015
Term End3:11 November 2016
Predecessor3:Stirling Hinchliffe
Successor3:Jennifer Howard
Office4:Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Morayfield
Term Start4:31 January 2015
Predecessor4:Darren Grimwade
Term Start5:21 March 2009
Term End5:24 March 2012
Predecessor5:New seat
Successor5:Darren Grimwade
Birth Date:1982 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Party:Labor Party
Spouse:Holly Shine Ryan
Children:3
Alma Mater:University of Queensland
Signature:Mark Ryan signature 2020.svg

Mark Thomas Ryan (born 29 December 1982) is an Australian Labor Party politician who has represented Morayfield in the Queensland Parliament since the 2015 election, having previously represented the seat from 2009 to 2012

Ryan was born in Nambour, Queensland, and attended St Eugene School and then St Joseph's College, Nudgee. He received a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland and became a solicitor. In 2009, he was selected as the Labor candidate for the new seat of Morayfield and was elected. He lost the seat at the 2012 Queensland state election,[1] but regained it at the 2015 election and has held it ever since.

In December 2015 a cabinet reshuffle elevated Ryan to the position of Assistant Minister for State Assisting the Premier in an extended cabinet.

In November 2016, a cabinet reshuffle saw Ryan promoted to senior cabinet as the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services and the Minister for Correctional Services.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mark Thomas Ryan . 31 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090515045401/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/RyanMark.htm . 15 May 2009 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: New Cabinet will continue to deliver for Queensland - The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory . statements.qld.gov.au . 28 June 2019 . en-AU . 11 December 2017.