The Honourable Steven Ciobo MP |
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Minister for Trade and Investment | |
Assumed office 18 February 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
Preceded by | Andrew Robb |
Minister for International Development and the Pacific | |
In office 21 September 2015 – 18 February 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
Preceded by | No Immediate Predecessor |
Succeeded by | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Moncrieff |
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Assumed office 10 November 2001 |
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Preceded by | Kathy Sullivan |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mareeba, Queensland |
29 May 1974
Political party | Liberal National Party |
Spouse(s) | Astra Hauquitz |
Residence | Gold Coast |
Alma mater |
Bond University; Queensland University of Technology |
Website | stevenciobo.com/ |
Steven Michele Ciobo (pronunciation: /tʃoʊˈboʊ/; CHOE-boe) (born 29 May 1974) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Moncrieff, Queensland for the Liberal Party since November 2001, and the Liberal National Party since the 2010 federal election. Ciobo has served as the Minister for Trade and Investment in the First Turnbull Ministry since February 2016.
He served in the Abbott ministry as a parliamentary secretary to the Treasurer between September 2013 and December 2014; and as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and to the Minister for Trade and Investment from December 2014 until September 2015, when he was appointed as Minister for International Development and the Pacific by Malcolm Turnbull following the 2015 Liberal leadership spill.