'''Larissa Tahireh''' "'''Lara'''" '''Giddings''' (born 14 November 1972) is a formeran Australian former politician who was the 44th [[Premier of Tasmania]] from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor Party]] member of the [[Tasmanian House of Assembly]] seat of [[Division of Franklin (state)|Franklin]] from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by [[Bryan Green]] after her government's defeat at the [[2014 Tasmanian state election|2014 state election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-14/lara-giddings-first-tasmanian-female-premier-to-leave-politics/8524780|title=Lara Giddings, first female to lead Tasmania, to quit politics|date=2017-05-14|work=ABC News|access-date=2017-11-04|language=en-AU}}</ref> Giddings came from the [[Labor Left]] faction. As of {{year}}, she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/leftist-lara-giddings-still-looking-for-mr-right/news-story/6707bdc802248a5db9332899f14ae259|title=Leftist Lara Giddings still looking for Mr Right|last=Denholm|first=Matthew|date=25 January 2011|work=news article|access-date=20 November 2018|via=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>
