George Brandis QC is an Australian diplomat and former politician who was the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from May 2018 to April 2022.
Mr Brandis was a Senator for Queensland between 2000 and 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and was a minister in the Howard, Abbott, and Turnbull Governments. He was the 36th Attorney-General for Australia. From January to December 2007, Mr Brandis was Minister for the Arts and Sport in the Howard Government.
He attended University of Queensland where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in 1978, and a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours in 1980. Following graduation, Mr Brandis served as Associate to Justice Charles Sheahan of the Queensland Supreme Court. He was then elected a Commonwealth Scholar and obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law from Magdalen College, Oxford in 1983.
Mr Brandis announced his retirement from politics in December 2017.
