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Anne Aly
House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Left
Biography
Anne Azza Aly (Arabic: آني علي, born Azza Mahmoud Fawzi Hosseini Ali el Serougi, 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. In 2025, Aly became Minister for Small Business, Minister for International Development and Minister for Multicultural Affairs, joining Albanese's cabinet. She held the Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth portfolio in the Albanese ministry from 2022 to 2025. Aly is the first female federal parliamentarian of Islamic faith and one of Australia's first two government ministers to be Muslim. She is the…
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- Date of birth
- 1967-03-29
- Place of birth
- Alexandria, Egypt
- APH identifier
- 13050
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Karen Grogan · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Zaneta Mascarenhas · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Carina Garland · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Louise Miller-Frost · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Varun Ghosh · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jo Briskey · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jess Teesdale · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Richard Dowling · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 13 May 2025–presentMinister — for — Small Business
- 13 May 2025–presentMinister — for — Multicultural Affairs
- 13 May 2025–presentMinister — for — International Development
- 13 May 2025–presentCabinet Minister
- 20 January 2025–13 May 2025Minister Assisting — the Minister for the — National Disability Insurance Scheme
- 1 June 2022–13 May 2025Minister — for — Youth
- 1 June 2022–13 May 2025Minister — for — Early Childhood Education
Committee service
- 3 September 2020–11 April 2022Joint Statutory — Intelligence and Security
- 22 October 2019–22 November 2021Joint Select — Australia's Family Law System
- 22 July 2019–8 October 2020House of Representatives Standing — Economics
- 15 September 2016–11 April 2022Joint Statutory — Law Enforcement (formerly National Crime Authority from 15.6.1984 to 1.1.2003 and Australian Crime Commission from 1.1.2003 to 24.11.2010) — Deputy Chair
- 15 September 2016–1 July 2019Joint Standing — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Qualifications
- Date not recordedPhD
- Date not recordedPGDA
- Date not recordedMEd
- Date not recordedBA
Occupations
- 1 January 2015–1 January 2015Professorial Fellow, 2015.
- 1 January 2014–1 January 2015Associate Professor at Curtin University from 2014 to 2015.
- 1 January 2011–1 January 2014Senior Lecturer at Curtin University and Edith Cowan University from 2011 to 2014.
- 1 January 2007–1 January 2008Manager of Training and Education at the Equal Opportunity Commission (WA) from 2007 to 2008.
- 1 January 2002–1 January 2007Senior Policy Officer at the Office of Multicultural Interests (WA) from 2002 to 2007.
- 1 January 2001–1 January 2002Senior Policy Officer at the Department of Education and Training (WA), from 2001 to 2002.