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julie bishop

julie isabel bishop -lrb- born 17 july 1956 -rrb- is an australian politician who has been the minister for foreign affairs since 2013 and the deputy leader of the liberal party since 2007 .
bishop grew up in the adelaide hills and was educated at the st peter 's collegiate girls ' school , later attending the university of adelaide and harvard business school .
prior to entering politics , she was managing partner of top-tier australian law firm , clayton utz .
bishop began her political career as a member of the australian house of representatives during the 1998 federal election for the seat of curtin in western australia .
she is the first female deputy leader of the liberal party and only the third woman to have held the title of deputy leader of the opposition .
bishop previously served in the howard government as the minister for ageing from 2003 to 2006 and the minister for education , science and training from 2006 to 2007 until the defeat of the liberal/national coalition at the election held on 24 november 2007 .
