VISIT TO AUSTRALIA BY THE PRESIDENT OF CROATIA
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11 August 2017
Prime Minister
I look forward to welcoming Her Excellency Ms Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia, to Australia from 12 to 18 August.
Australia strongly values its warm relationship with Croatia. This year marks the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our two nations.
The President’s visit is an opportunity to celebrate the significant contribution of the Australian-Croatian community to Australia’s multicultural society. Over 43,000 Croatia-born people live in Australia and over 133,000 claim Croatian ancestry.
President Grabar-Kitarović’s state visit to Australia is the first by a Croatian head of state. It follows Foreign Minister Bishop’s successful trip to Croatia last month.
The President and I will discuss opportunities to strengthen commercial and other links between our two countries.
President Grabar-Kitarović will travel to Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Port Lincoln and Adelaide during her visit.
YOUR PRIME MINISTER
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Malcolm Turnbull became the 29th Prime Minister of Australia on 15 September 2015 and was sworn in for a second term on 19 July 2016.
Mr Turnbull was elected to Federal Parliament as the Member for Wentworth in 2004.
Since entering public life, Mr Turnbull has held a number of parliamentary positions including Shadow Treasurer, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility for national water policy and Minister for Environment and Water Resources.
He was Leader of the Opposition from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009 and was later Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband.
Most recently, Mr Turnbull was Minister for Communications from 18 September 2013 to 21 September 2015. Malcolm was educated at Vaucluse Public School and Sydney Grammar School and graduated from Sydney University with a BA LLB. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and completed a further law degree at Oxford.
He is married to Lucy, and has two adult children, Alex and Daisy, and two grandchildren, Jack and Isla.