Michael Sven Sukkar is an Australian politician who served as the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Housing from 2019, and as the Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing from 2020.
19 Facts About Michael Sukkar
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Michael Sukkar lost his ministries in May 2022, when the Liberal Party went into Opposition on the election of the Albanese Labor government.
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Michael Sukkar was born in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Ringwood, to a father who was born in Lebanon.
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Michael Sukkar attended primary school at Sacred Heart in Croydon and then secondary school at Aquinas College in Ringwood.
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Michael Sukkar completed a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce at Deakin University in 2004 and Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne in 2010.
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In 2005 Michael Sukkar worked as a taxation consultant at accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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In 2008 Michael Sukkar suffered a cardiac arrest while playing basketball, and was treated by a nurse and anaesthetist who were at the game and an off-duty paramedic who was nearby.
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In 2012, Michael Sukkar was endorsed as the Liberal Party candidate for the marginal seat of Deakin.
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Michael Sukkar won the seat at the 2013 election with a swing to the Liberal Party of 3.8 points, succeeding Labor MP Mike Symon he joined the government benches of the Abbott government.
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Michael Sukkar served on a number of parliamentary committees in this Parliament, such as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
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In 2014 Michael Sukkar launched the Deakin 200 Club with other conservative Liberal MPs to fundraise for marginal seats held by conservatives within the party.
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At the 2016 federal election, Michael Sukkar increased his margin by 2.5 points, the Liberal Party's largest swing in Victoria.
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Michael Sukkar supported Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton during the Liberal leadership spill in August 2018, and had a pivotal role in removing then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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Michael Sukkar was accused of branch stacking, of which he was cleared of "serious misuse" of Commonwealth funds when it moved to formal investigation.
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In December 2020, Michael Sukkar was given further responsibilities, being sworn in to the roles of Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing.
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At the 2022 Australian federal election, Michael Sukkar held his seat by fewer than 500 votes, making it the most marginal Liberal seat in the nation.
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Michael Sukkar is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party.
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Michael Sukkar credited his Catholic religion as being one of the two most significant influences in his life, in addition to his family.
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Michael Sukkar opposed same-sex marriage during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.