Scott Morrison

The Honorable Scott J. Morrison served as Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022. On the international stage, Mr. Morrison was the architect and founder of the AUKUS trilateral defense agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States and was a founding member of the Quad Leaders Dialogue. During Mr. Morrison’s term as Prime Minister Australian defense spending increased to more than 2% of GDP and he updated Australia’s defense strategy and security posture to address an increasingly assertive China.

Domestically, Mr. Morrison stewarded the Australian economy to its lowest unemployment rate in almost 50 years while being one of only nine countries in the world to maintain a AAA credit rating from all major international credit rating agencies.

Mr. Morrison was made a Chief Commander of the United States Legion of Merit for his leadership in addressing global challenges, was awarded the Jerusalem Prize by the World Zionist Organisation for services to the Australia-Israel relationship and the inaugural Grotius Prize by the UK Policy Exchange for his work and support of the international rules-based order.

Prior to becoming Prime Minister, Mr. Morrison held three Cabinet portfolios in the Australian Government from 2013-2018 serving as Federal Treasurer, Minister for Social Services and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Mr. Morrison first entered the Australian Parliament as the Federal Member for Cook in 2007.

Mr. Morrison holds a Bachelor of Applied Science with Honors in Applied Economic Geography from the University of New South Wales.