The First Rockliff ministry is the former ministry of the

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, led by

Jeremy Rockliff Jeremy Page Rockliff Tasmanian House of Assembly, MP (born 5 February 1970) is an Australian politician currently serving as the 47th premier of Tasmania. Rockliff's Premiership of Jeremy Rockliff, premiership began in 2022 following the resign ...

of the Tasmanian Liberals. It was formed on 8 April 2022, after Rockliff was elected unopposed as leader of the Liberal Party and sworn as the state's 47th Premier by

Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

Barbara Baker Barbara Avalon Baker (born 31 March 1958) is an Australian barrister and former judge, who is the 29th and current governor of Tasmania since 16 June 2021. She served on the Federal Circuit Court of Australia from 2008 to 2021. Early life Bake ...

. The ministry replaced the Second Gutwein ministry, after former Premier

Peter Gutwein Peter Carl Gutwein () (born 21 December 1964) is a former Australian politician who was the 46th premier of Tasmania from 2020 to 2022. He was a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2002 to 2022, representing the electora ...

resigned from his position and quit politics.

First arrangement

Rockliff was sworn in as Premier and minister for two other departments on 8 April 2022, along with Michael Ferguson as Deputy Premier and

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. The remaining ministerial positions were announced on 11 April, with

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elevated to the cabinet. The swearing in by the Governor occurred the following day on 12 April. On 23 July 2023, Rockliff announced another reshuffle, including the creation of a new portfolio (Minister for Stadia and Events, which was created to assist the construction of a new stadium for Tasmania Football Club). Following bullying allegations against Elise Archer, she resigned from the party in October 2023, relinquishing her ministerial positions. Guy Barnett subsequently assumed the office of

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References

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