Bryan Alexander Green was born on 30 June 1957 and is a former Australian politician.
12 Facts About Bryan Green
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Bryan Green was the leader of the parliamentary Labor Party in Tasmania from 2014 to 2017, and a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Braddon from 1998 to 2017.
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Bryan Green then spent three years as an electorate officer for Senator Kay Denman, and then several years as a state organiser for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
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Bryan Green was appointed to the ministerial portfolio of Primary Industries, Water and Environment in 2002.
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Bryan Green was later appointed as the chairman of the Tasmanian Road Safety Council.
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Bryan Green was the key negotiator with freight rail company Pacific National, which in September 2005 threatened to 'pull out' of intermodal operations in the State, forcing all containerised and coal rail freight onto the road.
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Bryan Green agreed to a $120 million rescue package to the company.
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On 14 July 2006 Bryan Green resigned from all leadership and frontbench positions following an enquiry by Auditor-General Mike Blake into a deal Bryan Green signed with Tasmanian Compliance Corporation.
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Bryan Green faced trial in December 2007 on charges of conspiracy and attempting to interfere with an executive officer, which ended in a hung jury.
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In 2011 Lara Giddings succeeded David Bartlett as Premier, and Bryan Green became Deputy Premier.
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In March 2014, following the resignation of Giddings, Bryan Green was elected Labor leader in Tasmania after gaining unanimous support from colleagues.
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Bryan Green was the first Tasmanian Labor leader in decades not to take the party into an election.