Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott sat in the Australian Parliament between 1994 and 2019 and first held ministerial office in John Howard’s government, serving in a number of roles, including Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business and Minister for Health and Ageing. He was elected leader of the Liberal Party in 2009, serving as Leader of the Opposition until 2013 when he was elected Australia’s 28th Prime Minister. Under his government, the carbon tax and mining tax were repealed and significant free trade agreements were finalised with China, Japan and Korea. He has degrees in economics and law from Sydney University and in politics and philosophy from Oxford.

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