Malcolm Turnbull

**Malcolm Bligh Turnbull** (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Australia. He was Minister for Communications in the government of Australia under Prime Minister Tony Abbott from 18 September 2013 until 14 September 2015. Turnbull is also the former Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament, and former leader of the Liberal Party, succeeding Brendan Nelson on 16 September 2008.

He lost the leadership positions on 1 December 2009, by one vote to Tony Abbott. Turnbull had agreed to allow the government's emissions trading scheme (ETS) to pass through the parliament. This was opposed by many people in the Liberal Party who argued that an ETS was unnecessary. Other people in the party thought an ETS would harm Australia's coal exports. Others in the party did not like the way that Turnbull managed the arguments within his party.

Turnbull was elected in his full-term Prime Minister position in the 2016 federal election. He resigned in August 2018 following a leadership challenge in the Liberal Party where Scott Morrison was elected as the party's leader and eventual Prime Minister.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Honourable
- **name**: Malcolm Turnbull
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament, MP
- **image**: Malcolm Turnbull Portrait.jpg
- **office**: Prime Minister of Australia, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
- **deputy**: Warren Truss
Barnaby Joyce
Michael McCormack (Australian politician), Michael McCormack
- **term start**: 15 September 2015
- **term end**: 24 August 2018
- **predecessor**: Tony Abbott
- **successor**: Scott Morrison
- **office1**: Liberal Party of Australia, Leader of the Liberal Party
- **term start1**: 14 September 2015
- **term end1**: 24 August 2018
- **predecessor1**: Tony Abbott
- **successor1**: Scott Morrison
- **deputy1**: Julie Bishop
- **term start2**: 16 September 2008
- **term end2**: 1 December 2009
- **predecessor2**: Brendan Nelson
- **successor2**: Tony Abbott
- **office3**: Minister for Communications (Australia), Minister for Communications
- **primeminister3**: Tony Abbott
- **term start3**: 18 September 2013
- **term end3**: 14 September 2015
- **predecessor3**: Anthony Albanese
- **successor3**: Mitch Fifield
- **office4**: List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition, Leader of the Opposition
- **deputy4**: Julie Bishop
- **term start4**: 16 September 2008
- **term end4**: 1 December 2009
- **predecessor4**: Brendan Nelson
- **successor4**: Tony Abbott
- **office5**: Minister for the Environment (Australia), Minister for the Environment and Water
- **primeminister5**: John Howard
- **term start5**: 30 January 2007
- **term end5**: 3 December 2007
- **predecessor5**: Ian Campbell (Australian politician), Ian Campbell
- **successor5**: Peter Garrett
- **constituency mp6**: Division of Wentworth, Wentworth
- **parliament6**: Australian
- **term start6**: 9 October 2004
- **term end6**: 31 August 2018
- **predecessor6**: Peter King (Australian politician), Peter King
- **successor6**: Kerryn Phelps
- **birth name**: Malcolm Bligh Turnbull
- **birth place**: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **party**: Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party
- **otherparty**: Coalition (Australia), Coalition
- **spouse**: Lucy Turnbull, Lucy Hughes
- **children**: Alex
Daisy
- **alma mater**: University of Sydney
Brasenose College, Oxford