George Brandis
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Senator The Honourable George Brandis QC |
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| Leader of the Government in the Senate | |
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Assumed office 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Eric Abetz |
| Attorney-General of Australia | |
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Assumed office 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Mark Dreyfus |
| Vice President of the Executive Council | |
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Assumed office 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Tony Burke |
| Minister for the Arts | |
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In office 18 September 2013 – 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Tony Burke |
| Succeeded by | Mitch Fifield |
| Minister for the Arts and Sport | |
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In office 30 January 2007 – 3 December 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Rod Kemp |
| Succeeded by |
Kate Ellis Minister for Sport Peter Garrett Minister for the Arts |
| Senator for Queensland | |
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Assumed office 16 May 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Warwick Parer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 June 1957 Sydney, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal National Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Queensland Magdalen College, Oxford |
George Henry Brandis QC (born 22 June 1957) is the 36th Attorney-General for Australia and has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland since May 2000. Brandis served as Attorney-General in the Abbott Government from 2013 to 2015, then the Turnbull Government thereafter. He is also Leader of the Government in the Senate and has been the Vice-President of the Executive Council during that period. He also held the post of Minister for the Arts and Sport from 23 January 2007 until the Howard Government lost the 2007 election.
Brandis was born in Sydney to and was brought up in the Inner-West suburb of Petersham. He attended Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham before moving to Brisbane and attending Villanova College and the University of Queensland, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with First-Class Honours in 1978 and a Bachelor of Laws with First-Class Honours in 1980.
Following graduation, Brandis served as Associate to Justice Charles Sheahan of the Queensland Supreme Court. He was then elected a Commonwealth Scholar and obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1983.
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