Anne Aly

The Honourable
Anne Aly
MP
Aly in 2013
Minister for Early Childhood Education
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Preceded byAlan Tudge
Minister for Youth
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)
Preceded byAlan Tudge
Member of Parliament
for Cowan
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)
Preceded byLuke Simpkins
Personal details
Born
Azza Mahmoud Fawzi Hosseini Ali el Serougi

(1967-03-29) 29 March 1967 (age 57)
Alexandria, United Arab Republic
Political partyLabor
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Academic
  • Politician
Signature
Websitewww.annealy.com

Anne Azza Aly (Arabic: آني علي, born Azza Mahmoud Fawzi Hosseini Ali el Serougi,[1] 29 March 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Labor member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 election, representing the electorate of Cowan in Western Australia. Aly is currently the Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth in the Albanese ministry.

Aly is the first female federal parliamentarian of Islamic faith[2] and one of Australia's first two government ministers to be Muslim.[3]

Aly was a professor, lecturer and academic specialising in counter-terrorism, and she is considered a global authority on understanding how and why young people are drawn into violent extremism.[4][5] Aly founded People Against Violent Extremism (PaVE) to address extremism in Australia.[4][6]

  1. ^ "Finding My Place: From Cairo". harpercollins.com.au. 9 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Meet the record breakers of the 45th Parliament". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Housing ministry brought into cabinet, veterans' affairs pushed out in Albanese's first ministry". ABC News. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b Olding, Rachel (11 February 2016). "Why teenage extremism is personal for Anne Aly". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. ^ Callaghan, Greg (18 November 2016). "Counter-terrorism expert Anne Aly: 'I dream of a future in which I'm no longer needed'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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