Australian politician

Katy Gallagher

Katherine Ruth Gallagher is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Government since 2022 and since 2025 as Minister for Government Services. She also formerly served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2014. She has been a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory since the 2019 federal election, as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) having previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018.

Born

1970

March 18

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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Katy, in brief

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Key dates

1970 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

37 Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor.
417 Pope Zosimus is elected following the death of Pope Innocent I.
1068 An earthquake in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula leaves up to 20,000 dead.
1229 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade.

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The world in 1970

When Katy arrived

april 1 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
april 1 A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
april 10 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
april 11 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 18

Christian Goldbach 1690–1764 Prussian-German mathematician and academic (died 1764) Edgar Cayce 1877–1945 American psychic and author (born 1877) F. W. de Klerk 1936–2021 South African lawyer and politician, former State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021) Jacob Bunn 1814– American businessman (died 1897) John C. Calhoun 1782–1850 American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (died 1850) Kris Dunn 1994– American basketball player Lillian Vernon 1927–2015 German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company (born 1927) Miguel Poblet 1928– Spanish cyclist (died 2013) Mike Bell 1971– American wrestler (died 2008)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1970

Adam Pascal 1970– American actor and singer Barry Pepper 1970– Canadian actor and producer Chorão 1970–2013 Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013) Dave Eggers 1970– American author and screenwriter Dawn Staley 1970– American basketball player Desmond Howard 1970– American football player and sportscaster Dominic Purcell 1970– English-Australian actor and producer Edoardo Ballerini 1970– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Emmanuel Petit 1970– French footballer

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