Zed Seselja

Zed Seselja
Minister for International Development and the Pacific
In office
22 December 2020 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byAlex Hawke
Succeeded byPat Conroy
Assistant Minister for Finance, Charities and Electoral Matters
In office
29 May 2019 – 22 December 2020
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byHimself (Treasury and Finance)
Succeeded byBen Morton as Assistant Minister for Electoral Matters
Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance
In office
28 August 2018 – 29 May 2019
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byDavid Coleman
Succeeded byHimself
Jane Hume
Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation
In office
20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) – 28 August 2018
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
MinisterMichaelia Cash
Preceded byCraig Laundy as Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science
Succeeded byvacant
Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs
In office
18 July 2016 – 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20)
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
MinisterChristian Porter
Preceded byCraig Laundy (as Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs)
Succeeded byAlan Tudge (as Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
Senator for the Australian Capital Territory
In office
7 September 2013 – 20 May 2022
Preceded byGary Humphries
Succeeded byDavid Pocock
Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory
In office
13 December 2007 – 11 February 2013
Preceded byBill Stefaniak
Succeeded byJeremy Hanson
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
for Brindabella
In office
6 November 2012 – 11 June 2013
Preceded byAmanda Bresnan
Succeeded byNicole Lawder
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
for Molonglo
In office
16 October 2004 – 6 November 2012
Preceded byGreg Cornwell
Succeeded byGiulia Jones
Personal details
Born
Zdenko Matthew Seselja

(1977-03-27) 27 March 1977 (age 47)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
Alma materAustralian National University, University of Canberra
WebsiteOfficial Website

Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja (Croatian: [zdeŋko seseʎa]; born 27 March 1977) is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the Pacific in the Morrison government from December 2020 to May 2022, and previously served as an assistant minister in the Morrison and Turnbull governments since 2016.

Seselja was previously a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2013, and served as leader of the Canberra Liberals and Leader of the Opposition from 2007 to 2013.[1]

  1. ^ "Canberra Liberals official website". Canberraliberals.org.au. Retrieved 3 February 2011.