What is Sussan Ley?
[[File:SL - 2012 Profile.jpg|right|200px]] '''Sussan Penelope Ley''' (pron. {{respell|LEE}}; {{nee|'''Susan Braybrooks'''}}; born 14 December 1961) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] and has served as [[member of parliament]] (MP) for the [[New South Wales]] seat of [[Division of Farrer|Farrer]] since 2001. In 2022, she was elected [[Liberal Party (Australia)|Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party]] and became [[Leader of the Opposition (Australia)|Deputy Opposition Leader]]. She was a [[Cabinet of Australia|cabinet]] minister in the [[Tony Abbott|Abbott]], [[Malcolm Turnbull|Turnbull]] and [[Scott Morrison|Morrison government]]s. Ley was born in [[Kano]], [[Nigeria]] to English parents. She grew up in the [[United Arab Emirates]] and England before moving to Australia as a teenager. She was the Minister for Education (2013–2014), [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health]] (2014–2016), [[Minister for Sport (Australia)|Sport]] (2014–2017), Aged Care (2015–2016), and Health and Aged Care (2016–2017). She resigned from the ministry in January 2017. She was the [[Minister for the Environment (Australia)|Minister for the Environment]] before the Morrison government's defeat at the [[2022 Australian federal election|2022 federal election]].<ref name=norman>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-24/peter-dutton-only-candidate-liberal-leader-sussan-ley-deputy/101094524|title=Peter Dutton remains only candidate for Liberal leader, Sussan Ley and Jane Hume frontrunners for deputy|first=Jane|last=Norman|publisher=ABC News|date=24 May 2022|accessdate=24 May 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{New South Wales Representatives}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ley, Sussan}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Liberal Party of Australia politicians]] [[Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia]] [[Category:Politicians from New South Wales]] {{bio-stub}}