Parliamentary Career
A member of the Australian Labor Party since 1978, Ludwig was elected to the Senate in 1998, 2004 and 2010. Senator Ludwig was a Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate 2000–01, and was elected to the Opposition Shadow Ministry in October 2004 as Shadow Minister for Justice and Customs and Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate. He was promoted to Shadow Attorney-General and Manager of Opposition Business in March 2007 following the resignation of Kelvin Thomson.
Ludwig was appointed Minister for Human Services following the 2007 federal election.
Ludwig was promoted to Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State in June 2009.
Following the 2010 federal election, Ludwig was appointed as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
He is also Manager of Government Business in the Senate, a position he has held in both the Rudd and Gillard governments.
On 5 January 2011 he was given the added responsibility of Minister Assisting the Attorney-General on Queensland Floods Recovery.
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