Amanda Vanstone | |
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| Minister for Education Minister for Employment | |
| In office 11 March 1996 – 9 October 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Simon Crean |
| Succeeded by | David Kemp |
| Minister for Justice | |
| In office 9 October 1997 – 30 January 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Daryl Williams |
| Succeeded by | Chris Ellison |
| Minister for Family and Community Services | |
| In office 10 November 2001 – 7 October 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Jocelyn Newman |
| Succeeded by | Kay Patterson |
| Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs | |
| In office 7 October 2003 – 30 January 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Phillip Ruddock |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Andrews |
| Senator for South Australia | |
| In office 1 December 1984 – 26 April 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Mary Jo Fisher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1952 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
Amanda Eloise Vanstone AO (née O'Brien; born 7 December 1952) is an Australian former politician and a former Ambassador to Italy. She was a Liberal Senator for South Australia from 1984 to 2007, and held several ministerial portfolios in the Howard government. After her resignation from the Senate in 2007, she then served as the Australian Ambassador to Italy until July 2010. Her time as Minister for Immigration was marked by controversies within the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.[1]
- ^ Dornin, Tim. "'It's done', Vanstone ends her political career", Australian Associated Press, 26 April 2007.