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Senator The Honourable  Joe Ludwig
Minister for Human Services
Incumbent
Assumed office  3 December 2007
Preceded by	Chris Ellison
Born	21 July 1959 (1959-07-21) (age 50) Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Website	humanservices.gov.au

Joseph William Ludwig (born 21 July 1959), Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1999, representing the Australian Labor Party.

Ludwig was born in Longreach. His father, Bill Ludwig, is National President of the Australian Workers Union, one of Australia's largest trade unions, and is a powerful figure in the Queensland branch of the Labor Party. Ludwig was educated at the University of Queensland, where he graduated in arts, the Queensland University of Technology, where he graduated in law, and the Australian National University, where he did postgraduate study in law. He was a barrister before entering politics. He was an industrial advocate for the AWU 1988-1999.

Ludwig was a Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate 2000-01, and was elected to the Opposition Shadow Ministry in October 2004 as Shadow Minister for Justice and Customs and Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate. He was promoted to Shadow Attorney-General and Manager of Opposition Business in March 2007 following the resignation of Kelvin Thomson.^[1]

Ludwig was appointed Minister for Human Services following the election of a Labor government in the November 2007 election.^[2]

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See also

• First Rudd Ministry