Simon Birmingham | |
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![]() Birmingham in 2015 | |
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | |
Assumed office 23 May 2022 | |
Deputy | Michaelia Cash |
Leader | Peter Dutton |
Preceded by | Penny Wong |
Leader of the Government in the Senate | |
In office 30 October 2020 – 23 May 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
Preceded by | Mathias Cormann |
Succeeded by | Penny Wong |
Acting | |
In office 23 August 2018 – 24 August 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
Deputy | Marise Payne (acting) |
Preceded by | Mathias Cormann |
Succeeded by | Mathias Cormann |
Minister for Finance | |
In office 30 October 2020 – 23 May 2022 Serving with Scott Morrison | |
Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
Preceded by | Mathias Cormann |
Succeeded by | Katy Gallagher |
Vice-President of the Executive Council | |
In office 30 October 2020 – 23 May 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
Preceded by | Mathias Cormann |
Succeeded by | Katy Gallagher |
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment | |
In office 28 August 2018 – 22 December 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
Preceded by | Steven Ciobo |
Succeeded by | Dan Tehan |
Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate | |
In office 28 August 2018 – 30 October 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
Leader | Mathias Cormann |
Preceded by | Mitch Fifield |
Succeeded by | Michaelia Cash |
Minister for Education and Training | |
In office 21 September 2015 – 28 August 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull Scott Morrison |
Preceded by | Christopher Pyne |
Succeeded by | Dan Tehan |
Assistant Minister for Education and Training | |
In office 23 December 2014 – 21 September 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
Preceded by | Sussan Ley |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Senator for South Australia | |
Assumed office 3 May 2007 | |
Preceded by | Jeannie Ferris |
Personal details | |
Born | Simon John Birmingham 14 June 1974 Ashford, Adelaide, South Australia[1] |
Political party | Liberal |
Alma mater | University of Adelaide (MBA) |
Website | senatorbirmingham.com.au |
Simon John Birmingham (born 14 June 1974) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 2007. A member of the Liberal Party, he served in the Morrison government as Minister for Finance from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Minister for Education and Training in the Turnbull government from 2015 to 2018, and as a parliamentary secretary and assistant minister in the Abbott government.
On 30 October 2020, Birmingham was sworn in as Minister for Finance and became Leader of the Government in the Senate following the resignation of Mathias Cormann.[2]
Following the change of government at the 21 May 2022 election, Birmingham's Senate role became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, as well as becoming Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs in the shadow ministry of Peter Dutton.