Angus Taylor
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Angus Taylor (born 30 September 1966) is an Australian politician and shadow minister for defence in the Ley shadow ministry since May 2025. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013, representing the seat of Hume for the Liberal Party. He was shadow treasurer under Peter Dutton from 2022 until May 2025, having previously been a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2018 to 2022. Taylor was raised in rural New South Wales. He graduated from the University of Sydney and New College, Oxford, attending the latter as a Rhodes Scholar. Before entering politics he worked as a management consultant and was active in agribusiness. Taylor was elected to parliament at the 2013 federal election. He became an assistant minister in the Turnbull government in 2015, and was appointed Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity in 2017. He supported Peter Dutton in the 2018 Liberal leadership spills, and was subsequently elevated to cabinet after Scott Morrison defeated Dutton for the leadership. He held office as Minister for Energy (2018–2019), Energy and Emissions Reduction (2019–2021), and Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction (2021–2022). He was appointed shadow treasurer after the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election. He declared his candidacy for the 2025 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, following Peter Dutton's loss in the 2025 election. He would lose 25 votes to 29 votes to Sussan Ley. Taylor is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party.