What type of details about brendan nelson can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: brendan john nelson -lrb- born 19 august 1958 -rrb- is a former australian politician and former federal opposition leader . he served as a member of the australian house of representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 october 2009 as the liberal member for bradfield , a northern sydney seat . a doctor by profession , he came to public prominence as the federal president of the australian medical association -lrb- 1993 -- 95 -rrb- , and served as a minister in the third and fourth terms of the howard government , serving as minister for education , science and training -lrb- 2001 -- 06 -rrb- and minister for defence -lrb- 2006 -- 2007 -rrb- . following the 2007 federal election , at which the howard government was defeated , nelson was elected leader of the federal liberal parliamentary group in a contest against former minister for environment and water resources malcolm turnbull , and became the leader of the opposition on 3 december 2007 . on 16 september 2008 , in a second contest following a spill motion , nelson lost the leadership of the opposition and the liberal party to turnbull . on 25 august 2009 he announced his forthcoming retirement from politics . in september 2009 , the labor prime minister kevin rudd announced nelson as the next ambassador of australia to the european union , belgium and luxembourg as well as australia 's special representative to the nato . he remained member for bradfield until officially resigning on 19 october 2009 , sparking the 2009 bradfield by-election . on 10 october 2012 , nelson resigned as an ambassador because he had been promoted to succeed steve gower as director of the australian war memorial a position he took up on 17 december 2012 .
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