Mark Latham

Mark William Latham an Australian author and former politician, was leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition for thirteen months, from December 2003 to January 2005.

Latham was born in Ashcroft, a suburb of southwestern Sydney in New South Wales. He was educated at Hurlstone Public School the Hurlstone Agricultural High School, where he was dux and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Economics with Honours in 1982. While he was a student, Latham worked at the Green Valley Hotel foryears, and as an adviser to Labor politician John Kerin from 1980 to 1982. After completing his degree, Latham worked as a research assistant to the former Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam from 1982 to 1987, which included working on the latters book The Whitlam Government, and then as an adviser to thenLeader of the New South Wales Opposition Bob Carr from 1988 to 1991.

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