Simon Birmingham
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Senator The Honourable Simon Birmingham |
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| Minister for Education and Training | |
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Assumed office 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Christopher Pyne |
| Assistant Minister for Education and Training | |
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In office 23 December 2014 – 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Sussan Ley |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Senator for South Australia | |
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Assumed office 3 May 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jeannie Ferris |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
14 June 1974 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Courtney Morcombe |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
| Website | senatorbirmingham |
Simon John Birmingham (born 14 June 1974), an Australian politician, is a member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia as a member of the Liberal Party since 2007. Birmingham served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment from 18 September 2013 then Assistant Minister for Education and Training in the Abbott Ministry from December 2014, before being promoted to Minister for Education and Training in the Turnbull Government from September 2015.
Birmingham was named South Australia's Lions Club Youth of the Year in 1992 and awarded the Town of Gawler's Australia Day Young Citizen of the Year Award in 1993. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the Adelaide Graduate School of Business, University of Adelaide.
He began his career working as an electorate officer for Senator Robert Hill. In 1997 Birmingham moved from federal to state politics, working as a ministerial advisor to Joan Hall.
Early in 2000 Birmingham moved to Canberra to become the national manager of public affairs for the Australian Hotels Association. In late 2001, Birmingham was appointed chief of staff to the South Australian state minister for tourism and innovation, Martin Hamilton-Smith. Following a change of government in 2002, Birmingham began work with the Winemakers' Federation of Australia where he remained until his appointment to the Senate in 2007.
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