Simon Birmingham

The Honourable Simon Birmingham
Official portrait, 2015
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
In office 23 May 2022 – 25 January 2025
Deputy	Michaelia Cash
Leader	Peter Dutton
Preceded by	Penny Wong
Succeeded by	Michaelia Cash
Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office 30 October 2020 – 23 May 2022
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Mathias Cormann
Succeeded by	Penny Wong
Acting
In office 23 August 2018 – 24 August 2018
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull
Deputy	Marise Payne (acting)
Preceded by	Mathias Cormann
Succeeded by	Mathias Cormann
Minister for Finance
In office 30 October 2020 – 23 May 2022 Serving with Scott Morrison
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Mathias Cormann
Succeeded by	Katy Gallagher
Vice-President of the Executive Council
In office 30 October 2020 – 23 May 2022
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Mathias Cormann
Succeeded by	Katy Gallagher
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
In office 28 August 2018 – 22 December 2020
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Steven Ciobo
Succeeded by	Dan Tehan
Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office 28 August 2018 – 30 October 2020
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Leader	Mathias Cormann
Preceded by	Mitch Fifield
Succeeded by	Michaelia Cash
Minister for Education and Training
In office 21 September 2015 – 28 August 2018
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Christopher Pyne
Succeeded by	Dan Tehan
Assistant Minister for Education and Training
In office 23 December 2014 – 21 September 2015
Prime Minister	Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by	Sussan Ley
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Senator for South Australia
In office 3 May 2007 – 28 January 2025
Preceded by	Jeannie Ferris
Succeeded by	Leah Blyth
Personal details
Born	Simon John Birmingham (1974-06-14) 14 June 1974 (age 50) Ashford, Adelaide, South Australia[1]
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	University of Adelaide (MBA)
Website	senatorbirmingham.com.au

Simon John Birmingham (born 14 June 1974) is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for South Australia between May 2007 to January 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, he served in the Morrison government as Minister for Finance from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Minister for Education and Training in the Turnbull government from 2015 to 2018, and as a parliamentary secretary and assistant minister in the Abbott government.

On 30 October 2020, Birmingham was sworn in as Minister for Finance and became Leader of the Government in the Senate following the resignation of Mathias Cormann.^[2]

Following the change of government at the 21 May 2022 election, Birmingham's Senate role became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, as well as becoming Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs in the shadow ministry of Peter Dutton.