Lia Finocchiaro

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Lia Emele Finocchiaro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːa finokˈkjaːro]; born 26 February 1984) is an Australian politician who has served as the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory since August 2024. A member of the Country Liberal Party (CLP), she has represented the seat of Spillett in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since her election in 2016. Following the resignation of Gary Higgins on 1 February 2020, she became the Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Territory. Prior to this, she served as the member for Drysdale from 2012 to 2016. Finocchiaro led the CLP to a landslide victory in the 2024 Northern Territory general election. She became chief minister at the age of 39, the second-youngest head of government in the Territory's history after Paul Everingham, and is the first non-Labor woman to hold the post.

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