Sussan Ley
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The Honourable Sussan Ley MP |
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| Minister for Health | |
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In office 23 December 2014 – 13 January 2017 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Peter Dutton |
| Succeeded by | Greg Hunt |
| Minister for Sport | |
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In office 23 December 2014 – 13 January 2017 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Peter Dutton |
| Succeeded by | Greg Hunt |
| Minister for Aged Care | |
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In office 30 September 2015 – 13 January 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Christian Porter |
| Succeeded by |
Ken Wyatt (as Assistant Minister for Health and Minister for Indigenous Health and Aged Care) |
| Assistant Minister for Education | |
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In office 18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Abbott |
| Preceded by | Kate Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Simon Birmingham |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Farrer |
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Assumed office 10 November 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Fischer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Susan Penelope Braybrooks 14 December 1961 Kano, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | John Ley (m. 1987–2004) |
| Domestic partner | Graham Johnston |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Albury, New South Wales |
| Alma mater |
La Trobe University University of New South Wales Charles Sturt University |
| Occupation | Aircraft pilot, taxation officer |
| Website | sussanley |
Sussan Penelope Ley (née Braybrooks; born 14 December 1961), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Farrer, New South Wales. Ley was the Assistant Minister for Education in the Abbott Government from 18 September 2013 until 23 December 2014, when she entered the cabinet and was appointed Minister for Health and Minister for Sport. She retained the portfolios in the Turnbull Government, and on 30 September she also picked up Aged Care. In January 2017, she resigned from the frontbench in the midst of an investigation into her travel expenses and entitlements.
Ley was born in Kano, Nigeria to English parents. When she was one year old, her family moved to the United Arab Emirates, where her father worked as a British intelligence officer. Ley attended boarding school in England until she was 13, when her family migrated to Australia. Her parents bought a hobby farm in Toowoomba, but quickly sold it due to a crash in beef prices. They then moved to Canberra, where her father worked for the Australian Federal Police. She was educated at Campbell High School, Dickson College,La Trobe University, the University of New South Wales and Charles Sturt University, and has master's degrees in taxation and accountancy. She changed her name from Susan to Sussan due to a belief in numerology.
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