Education and politics
Anne Aly
Federal parliamentarian and former academic.
Background and first steps
Aly was born in Egypt and moved to Australia as a child, according to her first speech to Parliament. She worked as an academic and researched violent extremism before entering politics.
Career and appointments
She was elected to the House of Representatives for Cowan in 2016. In her first parliamentary speech she identified herself as the first Muslim woman elected to the federal Parliament.
Public record
Her parliamentary record documents subsequent service and ministerial appointments. The account of her early life is attributed to her own first speech.