- Web Master
- October 05, 2024
Bishop succeeds Noeleen Heyzer, a former UN under secretary-general nearly a
year after Heyzer retired.
She brings extensive political, legal, management and senior
leadership experience to the role.
Earlier, she held several high-level positions in the
Australian government, including foreign minister (2013-18), cabinet minister
for education, science & training, minister assisting the Prime Minister
for women’s issues and minister for ageing. Bishop was also a member of the
Australian Parliament from 1998 to 2019, following a two decades long legal
career.
Throughout her career, Bishop played a key role in strengthening engagement
with regional partners and leading international negotiation efforts. Notably,
she was involved in the first-ever United Nations convention on the law of sea
conciliation.
Currently, she serves as the chancellor of Australian National University and
holds a bachelor degree of law from the Adelaide University.