Julie Bishop
Julie Isabel Bishop MP (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian politician who has been the Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2013 and the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party since 2007. She is the first female Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party and only the third woman to have held the title of Deputy Leader of the Opposition. She has also been a Member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998 for the seat of Curtin in Western Australia. She previously served in the Howard Government as the Minister for Ageing from 2003 to 2006 and the Minister for Education from 2006 to 2007. 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 the Perth office of Australian law firm, Clayton Utz, from 1994 to 1998.