Steven Ciobo

The Honourable Steven Ciobo
Minister for Defence Industry
In office 28 August 2018 – 2 March 2019
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Christopher Pyne
Succeeded by	Linda Reynolds
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment
In office 18 February 2016 – 27 August 2018
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Andrew Robb
Succeeded by	Simon Birmingham
Minister for International Development and the Pacific
In office 21 September 2015 – 18 February 2016
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by	Melissa Parke (2013)
Succeeded by	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
Member of the Australian Parliament for Moncrieff
In office 10 November 2001 – 11 April 2019
Preceded by	Kathy Sullivan
Succeeded by	Angie Bell
Personal details
Born	(1974-05-29) 29 May 1974 (age 50) Mareeba, Queensland
Political party	Liberal (LNP)
Spouse	Astra Hauquitz
Residence	Gold Coast
Alma mater	Bond University Queensland University of Technology
Website	stevenciobo.com/

Steven Michele Ciobo (/tʃoʊˈboʊ/ CHOH-boh) (born 29 May 1974) is a retired Australian politician who represented the Division of Moncrieff in the House of Representatives from the 2001 federal election until his retirement at the 2019 election. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. On 1 March 2019 Ciobo announced his decision to retire from politics at the 2019 federal election.^[1][2]

Ciobo served as the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment in the Turnbull government from February 2016^[3] until his resignation on 21 August 2018 in the wake of the Liberal Party leadership spill earlier that day.^[4] He went on to serve as Minister for Defence Industry, working in conjunction with the Defence Minister, until his resignation in March 2019. He previously served as Minister for International Development and the Pacific from September 2015 to February 2016, and earlier as a parliamentary secretary in the Abbott government from September 2013 to September 2015 (initially to the Treasurer and later to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Trade and Investment).