1. Julian Martin Leeser was born on 25 May 1976 and is an Australian politician.
16 Facts About Julian Leeser
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Julian Leeser is a member of the Liberal Party and has represented the Division of Berowra since the 2016 federal election.
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Julian Leeser was a shadow minister under Peter Dutton from 2022 to 2023.
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Julian Leeser's father John, an accountant, was the son of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, while his mother Sylvia is a fifth-generation Australian whose father was a survivor of the Burma Railway.
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Julian Leeser sat on Woollahra Council for Bellevue Hill Ward from 1995 to 1999 as an independent.
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Julian Leeser worked as a solicitor for Mallesons Stephen Jaques between 2002 and 2004.
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Julian Leeser has written several articles defending the legacy of Prime Minister William McMahon, as well as an obituary of McMahon's wife Sonia for The Australian.
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Julian Leeser authored McMahon's entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and as of 2016 was working on a full-length biography.
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Julian Leeser joined the Liberal Party in 1992 and served as vice-president of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2015 to 2016.
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Julian Leeser was elected to parliament at the 2016 federal election, succeeding the retiring Philip Ruddock in Berowra.
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Julian Leeser resigned from shadow cabinet in April 2023 after the Liberal Party resolved to support the "No" vote at the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.
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Julian Leeser has been identified as a member of the Liberal Party's moderate faction.
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Julian Leeser subsequently announced that he would wear a kippah in federal parliament for one week as a statement against increased anti-semitism in Australia.
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In January 2025, following a rise in antisemitic incidents in Australia, Julian Leeser called for mandatory jail sentences for people convicted of vandalising Jewish sites, stating that "people need to know that if you graffiti a synagogue or a Jewish communal property, you will go to jail".
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Julian Leeser is married to Joanna Davidson and has two children; James, born in 2018 and Ruth, born in 2022.
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Julian Leeser is the first Jewish Liberal member of the House of Representatives from New South Wales and a member of the Emanuel Synagogue in Woollahra.