Alan Edward Tudge an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician

Politician

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, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 for the seat of Aston

Division of Aston

The Division of Aston is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Tilly Aston, a blind writer and teacher who helped found the Library of the Victorian Association of Braille Writers in 1894. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne,...

 representing the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

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. He succeeded Liberal MP Chris Pearce

Chris Pearce

Christopher John Pearce , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Aston, Victoria from July 2001, when he retained the seat for the Liberal Party in the 2001 Aston by-election, to his retirement in 2010.Pearce was born in...

, who retired from politics, at the 2010 federal election.

Early years and background

Tudge was educated at Haileybury College, Keysborough before attending the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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, where he completed a Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Laws

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 and a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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; he subsequently completed a Masters of Business Administration at Harvard University

Harvard University

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. Following a period as a consultant with Boston Consulting Group, he became an adviser on Education and Foreign Affairs to the Howard

John Howard

John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....

Government; he subsequently ran his own policy advisory firm.