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Varun Ghosh

b. 1985

Australian politician

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Born 1985. Varun Ghosh is an Australian politician and barrister.

Varun Nagarajan Ghosh (born 30 August 1985) is an Australian politician and barrister. He has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2024, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was nominated by the ALP to fill a casual vacancy caused by the retirement of Pat Dodson. He is aligned with the Western Australian Right faction.

Early life Ghosh was born in Canberra on 30 August 1985. Indian-born Bengali and Tamil parents who were both neurologists by profession.

Ghosh moved to Perth with his parents in 1997, He went on to study arts and law at the University of Western Australia, and later studied at Darwin College, Cambridge on the Frank Downing Law Scholarship.

Legal career Ghosh was admitted to practise law in 2009 and joined Mallesons Stephen Jaques as a solicitor. He later moved to New York City where he was an associate with White & Case from 2011 to 2013, acting for banks and private equity firms across a variety of financial transactions. He was also a consultant to the World Bank on financial institutions and insolvency law policy in developing countries.

Ghosh returned to Australia in 2015 as a senior associate with King & Wood Mallesons, representing banks, resource companies and construction companies in dispute resolution.

At the 2019 federal election, Ghosh was placed in fifth position on the ALP's Senate ticket in Western Australia. He was not elected.

In December 2023, Ghosh was selected as the ALP's nominee to replace Pat Dodson in the Senate, following Dodson's announcement that he would retire for health reasons in January 2024. Ghosh was appointed by the Parliament of Western Australia in a joint sitting on 1 February 2024.

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Education
University of Western Australia, Darwin College, Christ Church Grammar School
Positions held
Member of the Australian Senate

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Who is Varun Ghosh?

Australian politician

When was Varun Ghosh born?

Varun Ghosh was born on 30 August 1985 in Canberra.

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Varun Ghosh is a politician and barrister.

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Varun Ghosh is Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Varun Ghosh

· Wikidata: Q124172491

· DBpedia: Varun Ghosh

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