Josh Frydenberg

The Honourable Josh Frydenberg
Frydenberg in 2019
Treasurer of Australia
In office 24 August 2018 – 23 May 2022 Serving with Scott Morrison (2021–2022)
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Scott Morrison
Succeeded by	Jim Chalmers
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
In office 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) – 30 May 2022
Leader	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Julie Bishop
Succeeded by	Sussan Ley
Minister for the Environment and Energy
In office 19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) – 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by	Greg Hunt
Succeeded by	Melissa Price (Environment) Angus Taylor (Energy)
Minister for Resources and Energy
In office 21 September 2015 – 19 July 2016
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by	Gary Gray
Succeeded by	Matt Canavan
Assistant Treasurer of Australia
In office 23 December 2014 – 21 September 2015
Prime Minister	Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by	Arthur Sinodinos
Succeeded by	Kelly O'Dwyer
Member of the Australian Parliament for Kooyong
In office 21 August 2010 – 21 May 2022 (2022-05-21)
Preceded by	Petro Georgiou
Succeeded by	Monique Ryan
Personal details
Born	Joshua Anthony Frydenberg (1971-07-17) 17 July 1971 (age 52) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Amie Saunders
Children	2
Alma mater	Monash University University College, Oxford Harvard University
Profession	Politician policy adviser investment banker

Joshua Anthony Frydenberg (/ˈfraɪdənˌbɜːrɡ/) (born 17 July 1971) is an Australian former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He also served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Kooyong from 2010 to 2022.

After leaving university, Frydenberg served as an adviser to Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer during the Howard government. He also worked for Deutsche Bank until his election to the Australian House of Representatives at the 2010 federal election. Quickly appointed to the frontbench, he went on to serve in several ministerial roles during the Abbott and Turnbull governments from 2013 to 2018, including as Minister for Resources and Minister for the Environment and Energy. In August 2018, he was elected as deputy leader of the Liberal Party following a leadership spill, which saw Scott Morrison elected as leader and prime minister. Morrison subsequently appointed Frydenberg as Treasurer.

At the 2022 federal election, Frydenberg suffered a significant swing against him, and lost his seat to the teal independent candidate Monique Ryan.^[1][2] Frydenberg became the first sitting treasurer to lose his seat since Ted Theodore at the 1931 election. After leaving politics, he became chairman at the Australian arm of investment bank Goldman Sachs.