Julie Bishop

Julie Bishop
Julie Bishop ; (politician);
Born	Julie Isabel Bishop; 17 July 1956; Lobethal, South Australia, Australia
Alma mater	University of Adelaide
Religion	Christian
Spouse	Neil Gillon
Member of	AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2009, AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2010, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Trilateral Commission Task Force on Global Capitalism in Transition, WEF/Global Future Council on Geopolitics
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
	Australian National University/Chancellor
In office
	1 January 2020 - Present
	Australia/Minister/Foreign Affairs
In office
	18 September 2013 - 28 August 2018
Appointed by	Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Bob Carr
	Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
	29 November 2007 - 24 August 2018
Boss	Vince Cable, Nick Clegg, Tim Farron
Appointed by	Brendan Nelson, Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott
	Australia/Deputy Leader of the Opposition
In office
	3 December 2007 - 18 September 2013
Boss	Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull
Appointed by	Brendan Nelson, Malcolm Turnbull, Tony Abbott
	Australia/Minister for Education and Science
In office
	27 January 2006 - 3 December 2007
Appointed by	John Howard
	Australia/Minister for Women
In office
	27 January 2006 - 3 December 2007
Appointed by	John Howard
	Australia/Minister for Ageing
In office
	7 October 2003 - 27 January 2006
Appointed by	John Howard
	Australia/Member of Parliament
In office
	3 October 1998 - 18 May 2019

Julie Bishop is an Australian former politician. She was a moderate member of the Liberal Party.

Foreign Minister

Bishop met Hassan Rouhani in 2015.

She resigned in 2018, and stood down from Parliament at the 2019 election.^[1]

Her consultancy firm was linked to Lex Greensill in 2021.

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2022	22 May 2022	26 May 2022	World Economic Forum Switzerland	1912 guests in Davos
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023	16 January 2023	20 January 2023	World Economic Forum Switzerland	The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"

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