Josh Frydenberg, the new deputy leader of the Liberal Party, has long been an MP on the rise.
The Victorian MP won the partyroom vote to replace Julie Bishop, who has been deputy Liberal leader since 2007, by an “‘absolute majority’’.
“In relation to the Deputy’s position, this was won in an overwhelming sense in a majority, an absolute majority by Josh Frydenberg,” party whip Nola Marino told reporters in Canberra after the partyroom meeting.
Mr Frydenberg, 47, a keen tennis player and long-time admirer of Sir Robert Menzies and John Howard, was elected to the blue-ribbon seat of Kooyong, once held by Sir Robert and more recently Liberal leader Andrew Peacock, in 2010.
He candidly flagged his political aspirations only four years later in 2014: “Ambition is not a bad thing in politics,” he said.
The high profile MP has earned a reputation for being focused and has carved out a high profile through constant newspaper opinion pieces and media appearances.
Read the article in The Australian.