Tony Abbott

Anthony John Abbott is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party from 2009 to 2015 and was the member of parliament for the New South Wales division of Warringah from 1994 to 2019.
Abbott studied economics and law at the University of Sydney before attending Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Prior to entering politics, he trained briefly for the priesthood and worked in journalism and political advisory roles. Abbott entered parliament at the 1994 Warringah by-election and rose through the ranks during the Howard government, serving in various ministerial roles, including Health and Ageing. In 2009, he challenged and defeated Malcolm Turnbull in a leadership spill over Turnbull's support for the Labor Party's Emissions Trading Scheme. Abbott subsequently led the Coalition to the 2010 federal election, which resulted in a hung parliament, and then to a landslide victory at the 2013 election.
As prime minister, Abbott's government introduced Operation Sovereign Borders, repealed the carbon pricing scheme and the mining tax, and pursued budget austerity measures.