# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-fitzgibbon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:31:14.237Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-fitzgibbon"
name: "Joel Fitzgibbon"
slug: "joel-fitzgibbon"
description: "Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon is a retired Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represented the New South Wales seat of Hunter in the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 to 2022, a period of 26 years. He served as Minister for Defence (2007–2009) in the First Rudd Government and as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (2013) in the Second Rudd Government. He was also Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives (2010–2013) during the Gillard Government."
tagline: "Australian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoelFitz.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.71
  momentum:             7.322834645669292
  historical:           7.425920000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/fitzhunter"
    handle:    "fitzhunter"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JoelFitzgibbonMP"
    handle:    "JoelFitzgibbonMP"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://joelfitzgibbon.com/"
sources:
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    title: "喬爾·菲茨吉本"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جويل فيتزغيبون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چويل فيتزجيبون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Fitzgibbon"
    title: "Joel Fitzgibbon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Fitzgibbon"
    title: "Joel Fitzgibbon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B2%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوئل فیتزگیبون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Fitzgibbon"
    title: "Joel Fitzgibbon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Fitzgibbon"
    title: "Joel Fitzgibbon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180236"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump