Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as the prime minister of Australia for 2nd term following a narrow election victory on July 2. Turnbull’s Liberal/National coalition got 76 seats and had potentially one more in the 150-seat House of Representatives.
Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia on 15 September 2015.He was elected to Federal Parliament as the Member for Wentworth in 2004.
- The 62-year-old Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in at the Government House in Canberra by Governor General Peter Cosgrove, the representative of Queen Elizabeth II in Australia and continued with the same team of ministers with which he went to the election.
- Since entering public life, Mr Turnbull has held a number of parliamentary positions including Shadow Treasurer, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility for national water policy and Minister for Environment and Water Resources.
- He was Leader of the Opposition from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009 and was later Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband.
- Most recently, Mr Turnbull was Minister for Communications from 18 September 2013 to 21 September 2015.
