Anthony Albanese

Anthony Norman Albanese ( ;The pronunciation Albanese himself uses is , as used for instance during his October 1996 speech before parliament on the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996. An alternative sometimes used is , but  has been used since his childhood.  born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician who is the 31st and current Prime Minister of Australia, taking the position in 2022. He has been Member of Parliament for Grayndler since 1996. Since May 2019, Albanese has been the 21st Leader of the Australian Labor Party.

Albanese was the 15th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and the 25th Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in 2013 under Kevin Rudd. He was a critic of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard leadership conflicts from 2010 to 2013 where Albanese sided with Rudd. Albanese has described his political views as progressive. 

After Labor lost the 2013 election, Albanese ran against Bill Shorten in the leadership election. He lost to Shorten. After Labor was defeated in the 2019 election, he was the first to become a candidate for the leadership after Shorten resigned. He was soon elected unopposed as leader on 30 May 2019 and later became the 34th Opposition Leader.

In May 2022, the Labor Party won the most seats in the 2022 federal election with Albanese becoming the new prime minister. His government was re-elected in a landslide victory in the 2025 election, with Albanese becoming the first prime minister to be re-elected since John Howard in the 2004 election.

Early life
Albanese was born on 2 March 1963 in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst. He is the son of Carlo Albanese and Maryanne Ellery. This story appeared in the Weekend Australian Magazine, 20-21 August 2016.Anthony Albanese's long-held family secret, ABC News, 23 August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2017.The long way back, The Australian, August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2017. Growing up, Albanese was told that his father had died in a car accident; he did not meet his father, who was in fact still alive, until 2009. He later discovered that he had two half-siblings.

Albanese graduated with a bachelor of economics from the University of Sydney where he was President of the Sydney Uni Labor Club. After, Albanese became a research officer to Minister Tom Uren. In 1995, became a senior adviser to New South Wales Premier Bob Carr.

Deputy Prime Minister (2013)
In June 2013, when Kevin Rudd beat Julia Gillard in a final leadership election. That same ballot saw Albanese elected by the caucus as Deputy Leader of the Labor Party, and the next day Albanese was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister. He held this role until Labor's defeat at the 2013 election, and was replaced by Warren Truss on 18 September.

Opposition leader (2019–2022)
When Bill Shorten announced his resignation as Leader of the Labor Party on 18 May 2019, after Labor's unexpected loss in the 2019 election, Albanese announced his candidacy of Labor Party leader. Albanese became party leader on 30 May since no one else ran against him, with Richard Marles as his deputy. Aged 56 when he took office, he is the oldest first-time Opposition Leader in 59 years.

Prime Minister (2022–present)

Albanese led the Labor Party to victory at the 2022 federal election on 21 May, becoming prime minister–designate shortly afterwards. Albanese is the first Italian-Australian prime minister in the country's history. He is the fourth Labor leader to be appointed prime minister, directly after being the opposition leader, since World War II. He was sworn-in as prime minister on 23 May 2022.

On 30 June 2022, Albanese met with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris to "reset" relations between France and Australia. The next day, Albanese travelled to Ukraine to meet with president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, making him the first Australian prime minister to make a diplomatic visit to Ukraine.

On 3 April 2024, Albanese announced that King Charles III had approved the appointment of Sam Mostyn as the next Governor-General of Australia.

Albanese led his government to a landslide victory at the election, becoming the first prime minister since John Howard at the 2004 election to lead his government to re-election. He also became the first prime minister to increase his government's majority at a later election.

Personal life
In 2000, Albanese married Carmel Tebbutt, a future Deputy Premier of New South Wales. They have one son. Albanese and Tebbutt separated in January 2019 and later divorced a few months later. While some prime ministers divorced after leaving office, Albanese is the first divorced person to become prime minister. In June 2020, it was reported that Albanese was in a new relationship, with Jodie Haydon. In February 2024, Albanese announced his engagement to Haydon. On 29 November 2025, Albanese and Haydon were married in a private ceremony. Albanese is the first prime minister of Australia to be engaged or wed while in office.

Albanese describes himself as "half-Italian and half-Irish". "Albo" is a well known nickname for Albanese used by his supporters and media.

Albanese was injured in a car crash while driving in Marrickville, New South Wales, on 8 January 2021 with serious injuries. The other driver was a 17-year-old who received a ticket for negligent driving. Emergency workers told Albanese that if the teen's car had hit just 30 centimetres either side of where it did, he would have been killed.

In April 2022, Albanese tested positive for COVID-19.

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