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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Greg Hunt
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = Greg Hunt (cropped).jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Hunt in 2013
| office              = [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health and Aged Care]]
| primeminister       = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]<br />[[Scott Morrison]]
| alongside = [[Scott Morrison]] (2020–2022)
| term_start          = 24 January 2017
| term_end            = 23 May 2022
| predecessor         = [[Sussan Ley]]
| successor           = [[Katy Gallagher]] <small> (acting as Minister for Health) </small> <br /> [[Mark Butler]] 
| office3             = [[Minister for Sport (Australia)#List of ministers for sport|Minister for Sport]]
| term_start3         = 24 January 2017
| term_end3           = 20 December 2017
| primeminister3      = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| predecessor3        = [[Sussan Ley]]
| successor3          = [[Bridget McKenzie]]
| office4             = [[Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science]]
| term_start4         = 19 July 2016
| term_end4           = 24 January 2017
| primeminister4      = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| predecessor4        = [[Christopher Pyne]]
| successor4          = [[Arthur Sinodinos]]
| office5             = [[Minister for the Environment and Energy|Minister for the Environment]]
| term_start5         = 18 September 2013
| term_end5           = 19 July 2016
| primeminister5      = [[Tony Abbott]]<br />[[Malcolm Turnbull]]
| predecessor5        = [[Mark Butler]]
| successor5          = [[Josh Frydenberg]]
| constituency_MP6    = [[Division of Flinders|Flinders]]
| parliament6         = Australian
| majority6           = 5.6%
| term_start6         = 10 November 2001
| term_end6           = 11 April 2022
| predecessor6        = [[Peter Reith]]
| successor6          = [[Zoe McKenzie]]
| birth_name          = Gregory Andrew Hunt
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1965|11|18|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| spouse              = Paula Lindsey
| relations           = [[Alan Hunt (politician)|Alan Hunt]] (father)
| children            = 2
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = {{unbulleted list|{{nowrap|[[University of Melbourne]]}}|[[Yale University]]}}
| occupation          = 
| website             = {{URL|http://www.greghunt.com.au/|Official website}}
| footnotes           = 
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}}

'''Gregory Andrew Hunt''' (born 18 November 1965) is an Australian former politician who was the [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health]] between January 2017 and May 2022. He was a [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] between November 2001 and 2022, representing the [[Division of Flinders]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. He has previously served as a [[parliamentary secretary]] in the [[Howard government]] (2004–2007), [[Minister for the Environment (Australia)|Minister for the Environment]] (2013–2016),<ref>{{cite news|title=Tony Abbott's cabinet and outer ministry|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-cabinet-and-outer-ministry-20130916-2tuma.html|access-date=16 September 2013|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 September 2013|agency=AAP|archive-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806191147/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-cabinet-and-outer-ministry-20130916-2tuma.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science]] (2016–2017), and [[Minister for Sport (Australia)|Minister for Sport]] (2017).

From March 2020 until his retirement in May 2022, Hunt had oversight over the Australian government's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-03-17|title=Human biosecurity emergency declared in Australia|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/coronavirus-australia-human-biosecurity-emergency-declared/news-story/cd7fbff78297c076c8bb774595459c59|access-date=2021-06-02|website=NewsComAu|language=en|archive-date=16 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416205159/https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/coronavirus-australia-human-biosecurity-emergency-declared/news-story/cd7fbff78297c076c8bb774595459c59|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-06-01|title=Federal court rejects challenge to Australia's outbound travel ban|url=http://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/jun/01/federal-court-rejects-challenge-to-australias-outbound-travel-ban|access-date=2021-06-02|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918170038/https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/jun/01/federal-court-rejects-challenge-to-australias-outbound-travel-ban|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-10|title=Australia almost eliminated the coronavirus by putting faith in scien…|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/australia-coronavirus-cases-melbourne-lockdown/2020/11/05/96c198b2-1cb7-11eb-ad53-4c1fda49907d_story.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=archive.is|archive-date=10 November 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201110042043/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/australia-coronavirus-cases-melbourne-lockdown/2020/11/05/96c198b2-1cb7-11eb-ad53-4c1fda49907d_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>