Editing Stephen Conroy (section)

{{Short description|Australian former politician (born 1963)}}
{{Other people}}
{{Redirect|Senator Conroy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Stephen Conroy
| image = StephenConroy.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|1|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ely, Cambridgeshire]], England
| nationality = Australian
| death_date =
| death_place =

| office1 = [[Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Australia)|Deputy Leader of The Opposition in The Senate]]
| term_start1 = 18 September 2013
| term_end1 = 30 September 2016
| leader1 = [[Penny Wong]]
| predecessor1 = [[George Brandis]] 
| successor1 = [[Don Farrell]]

| order2           = [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)|Leader of the Government in the Senate]]
| term_start2      = 4 February 2013
| term_end2        = 26 June 2013
| predecessor2     = [[Chris Evans (Australian politician)|Christopher Evans]]
| successor2       = [[Penny Wong]]

| office3 = [[Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Australia)|Minister for Broadband, Communications<br/>and the Digital Economy]]
| term_start3 = 3 December 2007
| term_end3 = 1 July 2013
| primeminister3 = [[Kevin Rudd]]<br/>[[Julia Gillard]]
| predecessor3 = [[Helen Coonan]]
| successor3 = [[Anthony Albanese]]

| office4 = [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
| term_start4 = 30 April 1996
| term_end4 = 30 September 2016
| predecessor4 = [[Gareth Evans (politician)|Gareth Evans]]
| successor4 = [[Kimberley Kitching]]

| party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| alma_mater = [[Australian National University]]
| spouse = Paula Benson
| children = 1
}}

'''Stephen Michael Conroy''' (born 18 January 1963) is an Australian former politician who was an [[Australian Labor Party]] member of the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] from 1996 to 2016, representing the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].<ref name="Conroy aph">{{cite Au Parliament |mpid=3L6 |name=Former Senator Stephen Conroy |access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref> He served as a minister in the [[First Rudd Government|Rudd]] and [[Gillard government]]s. He resigned from the Senate in September 2016.<ref name="retirement">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-16/former-minister-stephen-conroy-announces-retirement/7851500|title=Former minister Stephen Conroy announces retirement|date=16 September 2016|work=ABC News}}</ref> He has since worked as a lobbyist, political commentator and [[Association football|football]] administrator.