George Brandis

The Honourable George Brandis KC
Brandis in 2017
Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
In office 30 April 2018 – 30 April 2022
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Alexander Downer
Succeeded by	Lynette Wood (Acting)
Attorney-General for Australia
In office 18 September 2013 – 20 December 2017
Prime Minister	Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by	Mark Dreyfus
Succeeded by	Christian Porter
Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office 21 September 2015 – 20 December 2017
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull
Deputy	Mathias Cormann
Preceded by	Eric Abetz
Succeeded by	Mathias Cormann
Vice-President of the Executive Council
In office 18 September 2013 – 20 December 2017
Preceded by	Tony Burke
Succeeded by	Mathias Cormann
Minister for the Arts
In office 18 September 2013 – 21 September 2015
Prime Minister	Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by	Tony Burke
Succeeded by	Mitch Fifield
Minister for the Arts and Sport
In office 30 January 2007 – 3 December 2007
Prime Minister	John Howard
Preceded by	Rod Kemp
Succeeded by	Kate Ellis (Sport) Peter Garrett (Arts)
Senator for Queensland
In office 16 May 2000 – 8 February 2018
Preceded by	Warwick Parer
Succeeded by	Amanda Stoker
Personal details
Born	George Henry Brandis (1957-06-22) 22 June 1957 (age 67) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Liberal Party
Other political affiliations	Liberal National Party
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Queensland Magdalen College, Oxford

George Henry Brandis KC (born 22 June 1957) is an Australian former politician. He was a Senator for Queensland from 2000 to 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and was a cabinet minister in the Abbott and Turnbull governments. He was later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2022.

Brandis studied law at the University of Queensland and Magdalen College, Oxford. Before entering politics he practised as a barrister. He was appointed to the Senate in 2000 to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Warwick Parer. He served as Minister for the Arts and Sport for the last year of the Howard government in 2007. When the Coalition returned to power in 2013, Brandis became Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts. He relinquished the latter portfolio in 2015, when Malcolm Turnbull became prime minister, but was instead made Leader of the Government in the Senate.^[1]

Brandis announced his retirement from politics in December 2017, with effect from February 2018. He replaced Alexander Downer as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in May 2018, departing the role in April 2022.^[2][3][4] In June 2022, Brandis was appointed a professor in national security at the Australian National University.