Anne Aly
Australian politician and academic (born 1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anne Azza Aly (born Azza Mahmoud Fawzi Hosseini Ali el Serougi,[1] 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Labor member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 election, representing the electorate of Cowan in Western Australia. Aly is currently the Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth in the Albanese ministry.
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Minister for Early Childhood Education | |
Assumed office 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | |
Preceded by | Alan Tudge |
Minister for Youth | |
Assumed office 1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) | |
Preceded by | Alan Tudge |
Member of Parliament for Cowan | |
Assumed office 2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) | |
Preceded by | Luke Simpkins |
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Born | Azza Mahmoud Fawzi Hosseini Ali el Serougi (1967-03-29) 29 March 1967 (age 57) Alexandria, United Arab Republic (present-day Egypt) |
Political party | Labor |
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Website | www |
Aly is the first female federal parliamentarian of Islamic faith[2] and one of Australia's first two government ministers to be Muslim.[3]
Aly was a professor, lecturer and academic specialising in counter-terrorism, and she is considered a global authority on understanding how and why young people are drawn into violent extremism.[4][5] Aly founded People Against Violent Extremism (PaVE) to address extremism in Australia.[4][6]