Paul Fletcher (politician)

The Honourable Paul Fletcher MP
Official portrait, 2013
Manager of Opposition Business in the House
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 June 2022
Deputy	Kevin Hogan
Leader	Peter Dutton
Preceded by	Tony Burke
Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts
In office 29 May 2019 – 23 May 2022
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Mitch Fifield
Succeeded by	Michelle Rowland (Communications) Tony Burke (Arts)
Minister for Families and Social Services
In office 28 August 2018 – 29 May 2019
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Dan Tehan
Succeeded by	Anne Ruston
Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities
In office 19 July 2016 – 27 August 2018
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Jamie Briggs
Succeeded by	Alan Tudge
Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects
In office 21 September 2015 – 16 July 2017 27 October 2017 – 20 December 2017
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by	Fiona Nash
Succeeded by	John McVeigh
Member of the Australian Parliament for Bradfield
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 December 2009
Preceded by	Brendan Nelson
Personal details
Born	Paul William Fletcher (1965-01-16) 16 January 1965 (age 59) Devizes, Wiltshire, England
Citizenship	Australian British (1965–2009)[1]
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse	Manuela Zappacosta
Children	2
Residence(s)	Roseville, Sydney
Alma mater	University of Sydney Columbia Business School
Website	www.paulfletcher.com.au

Paul William Fletcher (born 16 January 1965) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2009, representing the New South Wales seat of Bradfield. He held ministerial office in the Turnbull and Morrison governments from 2015 to 2022.

Fletcher was management consultant, lawyer and corporate executive before entering politics. He was first elected to parliament at the 2009 Bradfield by-election.^[2] He served as a parliamentary secretary in the Abbott government from 2013 to 2015, before being promoted to the ministry by Malcolm Turnbull. Fletcher subsequently served as Minister for Major Projects, Territories, and Local Government (2015–2016), Urban Infastructure and Cities (2016–2018), Families and Social Services (2018–2019), and Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts (2019–2022). He was appointed to cabinet in 2018 by Scott Morrison. After the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election he was named Manager of Opposition Business in the House.