Chris Bowen is an Australian politician elected to the Federal Parliament as Member for Prospect in October 2004 until the seat was abolished, and he has represented McMahon since 2010.
Mr Bowen graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Economics and won the Australian Transport Officers Federation Prize for the best industrial relations student.
He joined the Labor Party in 1988 and was briefly the Interim Leader of the Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in 2013. Prior to that, he served in a number of positions in the Rudd and Gillard Governments including as Minister for Financial Services, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, and Treasurer. Under the Shorten government, Mr Bowen was the Shadow Treasurer.
In 2019, Mr Bowen became the Shadow Minister for Health under the Albanese government. In the January 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle, Mr Bowen became the Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Following the Labor Party's victory at the 2022 federal election, Mr Bowen retained both portfolios and was sworn in as Minister for Climate Change and Energy under the Albanese government.
