Rees ministry

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Head of government Nathan Rees No. of ministers 23		Deputy head of government Carmel Tebbutt
Date formed 5 September 2008 (2008-09-05) Date dissolved 4 December 2009 (2009-12-04) Head of state Queen Elizabeth II (represented by Marie Bashir)

The Rees ministry is the 91st ministry of the Government of New South Wales, and was led by the 41st Premier Nathan Rees.

The Rees Labor ministry was formed following the resignation of Premier Morris Iemma on 5 September 2008 and the unanimous election of Rees as Leader of the Labor caucus and Carmel Tebbutt as Deputy Leader.

The ministry was sworn in on 8 September 2008 at Government House by the Lieutenant Governor, James Spigelman AC. A few days earlier, on 5 September, Rees and Tebbutt were sworn as Premier and Deputy Premier respectively by the Governor of New South Wales Professor Marie Bashir AC.

This ministry covers the period from 5 September 2008 until 4 December 2009, when Kristina Keneally succeeded Rees as Premier in a Labor caucus revolt.

Composition of ministry

¹ Brown resigned on 11 September 2008 just three days after his appointment as Minister. His responsibilities were reassigned to Campbell and Kelly. ² Kelly was appointed as Minister for Police on 11 September 2008. His former portfolio of Industrial Relations was transferred to Hatzistergos. ³ Stewart was dismissed by Premier Rees on 11 November 2008 following allegations that Stewart had verbally and physically harassed a staff member. His responsibilities were reassigned to McKay. Small Business was later reassigned to Whan. ⁴ Della Bosca resigned from his ministries and as Government Leader in the Legislative Council on 31 August 2009 following the public revelation of a 6-month extra-marital affair. His responsibilities were reassigned to Hatzistergos.

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