Julie Bishop

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Julie Bishop
21st Minister for Education, Science and Training
Incumbent
Assumed office  24 January 2006
Preceded by	Brendan Nelson
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	17 July 1956 Lobethal, South Australia
Constituency	Curtin
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia

Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the seat of Curtin in Western Australia.

Bishop was born in Lobethal, South Australia, and was educated at the University of Adelaide and the Harvard Business School. She graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws in 1978, and subsequently practised as a barrister and solicitor at Adelaide law firm Mangan Ey & Bishop, where she became a partner. In 1983 she relocated to Perth where she practised as a commercial litigation solicitor at Robinson Cox (now Clayton Utz). She became a partner of Clayton Utz in 1985, and managing partner (Western Australia) in 1994. In 1996 she attended Harvard Business School in Boston and completed the Advanced Management Program for Senior Managers.

Bishop was Chair of the Town Planning Appeal Tribunal of Western Australia, a Senate Member of Murdoch University, a director of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and a director and fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.

Bishop won pre-selection for the safe Liberal seat of Curtin, Western Australia in 1998, and went on to win the seat for the Liberal Party at the Federal Election later that year against the sitting member and former Liberal turned independent, Alan Rocher who had held the seat since 1981.

Bishop was appointed Minister for Ageing in 2003, before being promoted to Minister for Education, Science and Training and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues in the cabinet reshuffle on 24 January 2006.

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Allan Rocher	Member for Curtin 1998 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Kevin Andrews	Minister for Ageing 2003–2006	Succeeded by Santo Santoro
Preceded by Brendan Nelson	Minister for Education, Science and Training 2006 – present	Incumbent

Current Cabinet of Australia
Abbott | Andrews | Bishop | Brough | Coonan | Costello | Downer | Ellison | Hockey | Howard | Macfarlane | McGauran | Minchin | Nelson | Ruddock | Truss | Turnbull | Vaile

Persondata
NAME	Bishop, Julie Isabel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	17 July 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lobethal, South Australia
DATE OF DEATH	living
PLACE OF DEATH