Penny Wong, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Penny Wong

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1968

Place of Birth: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Profession: lawyer, politician, political adviser

Nationality: Australia, Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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About Penny Wong

  • Penelope Ying-Yen Wong (born 5 November 1968) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 2002.
  • She has served as Senate leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2013, and is currently Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
  • She was a cabinet minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments from 2007 to 2013. Born in Malaysia to an Australian mother and Malaysian father, Wong was educated at Scotch College in Adelaide, and then attended the University of Adelaide, graduating with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees.
  • Prior to entering Federal parliament, Wong worked as a lawyer and political advisor.
  • Wong is the first Asian-born member of an Australian cabinet.
  • She is the first female openly-LGBTI Australian federal parliamentarian and federal government cabinet minister, and supported legalising same-sex marriage in Australia despite having previously opposed it.First elected to the Senate at the 2001 federal election (and sitting from July 2002), Wong was named Minister for Climate Change and Water following Labor's victory under Kevin Rudd at the 2007 election.
  • She went on to be Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water in early 2010 .
  • On 13 September 2010, Wong was sworn in as Minister for Finance and Deregulation following the reelection of the Gillard Government.
  • Wong retained the position after Kevin Rudd's successful leadership spill in June 2013, and became Leader of the Government in the Senate, holding these roles until Labor's defeat at the 2013 federal election.

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