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Lieselta (mainly referred to as Liesel) (born 24 July 1991) is a Clerk of the Parliament of Australia who was formerly a Senator for the state of. She was in the centrist United Democratic Party. She became the Minister for Women and LGBTIQ+ Affairs under the 3rd Youmaton ministry, after the Social Democrats formed government with the United Democrats at the March 2019 General Election. She was previously leader of the Centre Alliance. She has previously held the position of Member for Kingston and Member for Melbourne.

Early life
Lieselta was born in the city of Munich, Germany, on the 24th of July 1991. In her early childhood her parents immigrated to Adelaide, Australia. Her father worked in information technology and her mother in the water industry. She moved to Mount Barker as a teenager and completed her tertiary studies at the. After completing university, she worked as a modern history lecturer at the University. During her early-20s, she volunteered in the office of Senator Nick Xenophon.

Pre-Political Career
Liesel joined entered the political sphere in late May 2018 and joined the Australian Labor Party. She did not contest the June 2018 federal election, and moved into the Australian Labour Party after the merger of the Socialist Party and Labor Party.

Member for Melbourne (9 July 2018 - 15 September 2018)
Lieselta entered the House of Representatives in the July Melbourne by-election as a member of the Australian Labour Party in the Unity faction. She was elected on modifiers against Liberal candidate stalinomics. During her tenure as the Member for Melbourne she held a position on the ALP National Executive and briefly as a Deputy Chairperson.

Member for Kingston (15 September 2018)
Lieselta contested and won the September 2018 election in the electorate of Kingston. Just after her election, she defected to the Australian Greens citing difficulties regarding mental health that were as a result of remaining in the Labour Party. She was met with significant backlash from other ALP members and citizens primarily over Twitter, which led to her resignation later in the day. The seat went to a by-election resulting in UDP candidate DirtySaiyan being elected for the Government.

Outside Parliament (September 2018 - December 2018)
During her time outside of Parliament, Lieselta remained in the Australian Greens as an advisory member before moving back to the Labour Party. She only remained for a day in the party before the Unity faction decided to split from the party and form the Australian Unity Party. This party didn't last long before the leader Lurker resigned from both the party and Parliament. She then assumed the leadership and merged the party with the Social Democratic Party. She later resigned from the party and remained unaffiliated.

Senator for South Australia (23 December 2018 - 5 May 2019)
Lieselta returned to politics in December 2018, joining the centrist party Centre Alliance who were in Government with the UDP, Reason, and Liberal parties. She was almost immediately elected as Deputy Leader under tbyrn21. She contested the December 2018 federal election for the Senate, winning the fourth seat. On 10 January 2019 Lieselta succeeded Tbyrn21 as the leader of the party.

On 7 March 2019, Lieselta left the party and leadership to join the UDP.

Lieselta exited the Senate and the parliament all-together on 5 May 2019, losing the contest for the seat of Mayo.

Political views
Lieselta considers herself to be a centre-left politician with mainly social-democratic values, although swinging more to the centre on economic issues. She is a strong supporter of rights and regularly campaigns on issues relating to transgender rights.

Personal life
Lieselta lives in the town of  in South Australia. She is married to her husband of an unknown identity with a newborn daughter. She is a transgender woman having transitioned in her childhood.