Kyam Joseph Maher is an Australian politician and lawyer who has been Attorney-General of South Australia and the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council since March 2022.

He previously served in the Cabinet of South Australia between 2015 and 2018 and was the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council between 2016 and 2018.

[4] Maher was appointed to the South Australian Legislative Council in 2012 to replace outgoing MLC Bob Sneath.

[5] In February 2015 he was appointed to cabinet and, between 2015 and the 2018 state election, Maher served as minister in the Labor Weatherill Ministry in a range of portfolios including manufacturing and innovation, automotive transformation, Aboriginal affairs and reconciliation;[6] and employment and science and information economy.

Maher was the first initiated Aboriginal man in the nation's history to be appointed in the Attorney-General position.