Mark Latham

Mark Latham (born February 28, 1961, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian politician, who served as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2003 to 2005. Latham graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Sydney in 1982. Entering politics, he worked in the office of former ALP prime minister Gough Whitlam. In 1987 Latham was elected to the city council in the Sydney suburb of Liverpool, and he became mayor there in...