Adam Graham Giles (born 10 April 1973) is an Australian former politician and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (2013–2016) as well as the former leader of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. Giles was the first Indigenous Australian to serve as a head of government in Australia.
Adam Graham Giles (born 10 April 1973) is an Australian former politician and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (2013–2016) as without difficulty as the former leader of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. Giles was the first Indigenous Australian to bolster as a head of management in Australia.
Giles became a CLP advocate of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly seat of Braitling at the 2008 election. The Terry Mills-led CLP rival defeated the Paul Henderson-led Labor doling out at the 2012 election, winning 16 of 25 seats. Giles was elected by the CLP party-room to replace Mills as Chief Minister and CLP leader less than a year highly developed at the 2013 CLP leadership ballot. Giles was defeated at the 2015 CLP leadership ballot but managed to survive in the aftermath. Multiple defections motto the CLP reduced to minority giving out a few months later. At the 2016 election upon 27 August, his government was heavily defeated by the Labor Party, suffering the worst destroy of a sitting executive in Territory history. Giles also directionless his seat of Braitling to Labor, becoming the second sitting head of handing out in the Northern Territory to lose his own seat.
After rejection politics, Giles has hosted a Sunday night current affairs program, The Adam Giles Show, on Sky News Australia before May 2018.