Stephen Smith (Australian politician)

Stephen Francis Smith is an Australian former politician and diplomat serving as the 26th and current high commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom since 2023. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was the federal member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Perth from 1993 to 2013, serving in the Rudd and Gillard governments as minister for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2010, minister for Trade in 2010 and minister for Defence from 2010 to 2013.

12 December 1955

Born on the same birth date (12 December 1955): Eddy Schepers

Born on the same birth day (12 December): Alvin Kraenzlein • Eddie Kingston • Eduardo Castro Luque • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou • Heiner Flassbeck • John Randle • Nixon Chepseba • Toshiko Akiyoshi • Wilfred Kirochi • Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz

Born in the same month (December 1955): Anne Begg • Dave Taylor (ice hockey) • Evan Bayh • Gene Grossman • John Watkins (Australian politician) • Ray Kelvin • Steven Wright • Thomas C. Südhof