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Anthony John "Tony" Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australianpolitician, who was Prime Minister of Australia from September 2013 until September 2015, serving for just under 2 years.

He became the leader of the Liberal Party, taking over from Malcolm Turnbull on 1 December 2009, and was in turn succeeded by Turnbull as Liberal leader and Prime Minister on 15 September 2015.^[2] He lost his parliament seat in the 2019 election.

Early life

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Abbott was born in London, England to an Australian mother; her father was Dutch; her mother was Welsh. Abbott's father was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, moved to Australia during the Second World War and is an unconfirmed naturalized Australian citizen.^[3] Abbott was raised in Sydney, Australia and is a