Josh Frydenberg

Josh Frydenberg
Frydenberg in 2019
Treasurer of Australia
In office
24 August 2018 – 23 May 2022
Serving with Scott Morrison (2021–2022)
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byScott Morrison
Succeeded byJim Chalmers
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) – 30 May 2022
LeaderScott Morrison
Preceded byJulie Bishop
Succeeded bySussan Ley
Minister for the Environment and Energy
In office
19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) – 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byGreg Hunt
Succeeded byMelissa Price (Environment)
Angus Taylor (Energy)
Minister for Resources and Energy
In office
21 September 2015 – 19 July 2016
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byGary Gray
Succeeded byMatt Canavan
Assistant Treasurer of Australia
In office
23 December 2014 – 21 September 2015
Prime MinisterTony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded byArthur Sinodinos
Succeeded byKelly O'Dwyer
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Kooyong
In office
21 August 2010 – 21 May 2022 (2022-05-21)
Preceded byPetro Georgiou
Succeeded byMonique Ryan
Personal details
Born
Joshua Anthony Frydenberg

(1971-07-17) 17 July 1971 (age 53)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseAmie Saunders
Children2
Alma mater
Profession

Joshua Anthony Frydenberg (/ˈfrdənˌbɜːrɡ/) (born 17 July 1971) is an Australian former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He also served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Kooyong from 2010 to 2022.

After leaving university, Frydenberg served as an adviser to Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer during the Howard government. He also worked for Deutsche Bank until his election to the Australian House of Representatives at the 2010 federal election. Quickly appointed to the frontbench, he went on to serve in several ministerial roles during the Abbott and Turnbull governments from 2013 to 2018, including as Minister for Resources and Minister for the Environment and Energy. In August 2018, he was elected as deputy leader of the Liberal Party following a leadership spill, which saw Scott Morrison elected as leader and prime minister. Morrison subsequently appointed Frydenberg as Treasurer.

At the 2022 federal election, Frydenberg suffered a significant swing against him, and lost his seat to the teal independent candidate Monique Ryan.[1][2] Frydenberg became the first sitting treasurer to lose his seat since Ted Theodore at the 1931 election. After leaving politics, he became chairman at the Australian arm of investment bank Goldman Sachs.

  1. ^ "Josh Frydenberg on Twitter". 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Josh Frydenberg concedes Kooyong as counting continues for Victorian seats still in limbo". 9News. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.