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(KPL) Her Excellency Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Australia will pay an official working visit to the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic on 4-5 July.
(KPL)
Her Excellency Julie Bishop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Australia will pay an official working visit to the Lao People�s
Democratic Republic on 4-5 July.
The visit is in response to the invitation of H.E.
Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Lao PDR.
Julie Bishop is the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Australia�s Federal Coalition Government.
She is also the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
and has served as the Member for Curtin in the House of Representatives
since 1998.
Minister Bishop was sworn in as Australia's first
female Foreign Minister on 18 September 2013 following four years in the
role of Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.
She previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the
Howard Government as Minister for Education, Science and Training and as
the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women�s Issues. Prior to
this, Minister Bishop was Minister for Ageing.
Minister Bishop has also served on a number of
parliamentary and policy committees including as Chair of the Joint
Standing Committee on Treaties.
Before entering Parliament Minister Bishop was a
commercial litigation lawyer at Perth firm Clayton Utz, becoming a
partner in 1985, and managing partner in 1994.
Minister Bishop graduated with a Bachelor of Laws
from the University of Adelaide in 1978 and attended Harvard Business
School in Boston in 1996 completing the Advanced Management Program for
Senior Managers.
She is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of
Management and has held a number of positions including Director of the
West Coast Eagles AFL Club, Chair of the Western Australia Town Planning
Appeals Tribunal, Member of Murdoch University Senate and the Anglican
Schools Commission and Director of the Special Broadcasting Service and
the Committee for Economic Development Australia.
Minister Bishop was inducted into the WA Women Hall
of Fame in 2011 and is currently the Deputy Chair of the Western
Australian Museum Foundation and a Board Member of His Majesty�s Theatre
Foundation.
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