Christopher Pyne

Christopher Pyne is the Australian politician and author, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Sturt in South Australia. Mr Pyne was Minister for Education and the Leader of the House in the Abbott Government from September 2013, renamed Minister for Education and Training from December 2014. In September 2015, he became Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science and remained Leader of the House in the Turnbull Government. In July 2016 he moved to a new portfolio, Minister for Defence Industry, to manage the upcoming acquisition of naval ships and submarines. In August 2018, he was promoted to Minister for Defence in the Morrison government. Mr Pyne decided to retire from politics at the 2019 federal election.