Joe Hockey

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Joseph Benedict Hockey (born 2 August 1965) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the treasurer in the Abbott government from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Party, he was the member of Parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of North Sydney from 1996 to 2015. Hockey served as the ambassador of Australia to the United States from 2016 to 2020. Hockey's parliamentary resignation triggered a 2015 North Sydney by-election where he was succeeded by Trent Zimmerman, who had previously worked for Hockey as a staffer. His appointment as Ambassador of Australia to the United States was announced on 8 December 2015 to replace Kim Beazley, whose term ended in early 2016, and he assumed that position on 29 January 2016. His term as ambassador ended on 30 January 2020, and he was succeeded by Arthur Sinodinos the week after.

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