Mitch Fifield
Mitch Fifield | |
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| Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations | |
| In office 17 October 2019 – 1 July 2023 | |
| Nominated by | Scott Morrison |
| Appointed by | David Hurley |
| Preceded by | Gillian Bird |
| Succeeded by | James Larsen |
| Minister for Communications | |
| In office 21 September 2015 – 29 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull Scott Morrison |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Succeeded by | Paul Fletcher |
| Minister for the Arts | |
| In office 21 September 2015 – 29 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull Scott Morrison |
| Preceded by | George Brandis |
| Succeeded by | Paul Fletcher |
| Deputy Government Senate Leader | |
| In office 20 December 2017 – 23 August 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Leader | Mathias Cormann |
| Preceded by | Mathias Cormann |
| Succeeded by | Simon Birmingham |
| Manager of Government Business in the Senate | |
| In office 18 September 2013 – 20 December 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Jacinta Collins |
| Succeeded by | Simon Birmingham |
| Senator for Victoria | |
| In office 31 March 2004 – 16 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Alston |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Henderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mitchell Peter Fifield 16 January 1967 Sydney, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | Policy advisor |
| Website | www |
Mitchell Peter Fifield (born 16 January 1967) is an Australian politician and diplomat who last served as the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations. He previously served as a Senator for Victoria from 2004 to 2019, representing the Liberal Party. He was a government minister in the Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison governments, serving as Assistant Minister for Social Services (2013–2015), Manager of Government Business in the Senate (2013–2015), Minister for Communications (2015–2019), and Minister for the Arts (2015–2019).