Julie Bishop

Who is Julie Bishop?

Julie Isabel Bishop is an Australian politician. She is the 38th and current Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs since the swearing in of the Abbott Government on 18 September 2013. Bishop is the only woman in the current cabinet.

Bishop is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and is the party's first female Deputy Leader and the third woman in Australian history to hold the title of Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

She has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the seat of Curtin in Western Australia. She was a minister in the Howard government until the defeat of the Liberal/National Coalition at the election held on 24 November 2007. Bishop is a republican.

Bishop holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Adelaide, and was Managing Partner of top Australian law firm, Clayton Utz.