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Penny Wong

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Penelope Ying-Yen Wong (born 5 November 1968) is an Australian politician who is serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Albanese government since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), she has been a senator for South Australia since 2002. Wong previously served as Minister for Climate Change and Minister for Finance and Deregulation during the governments of prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 until 2013. Born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, to a Chinese-Malaysian father from the town of Sandakan and an English-Australian mother from Adelaide, Wong was educated at Scotch College prior to attending the University of Adelaide, graduating with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Penny Wong is the 18,601st most popular politician (down from 18,012th in 2024), the 61st most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 59th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Penny Wong ranks 18,601 out of 19,576. Before her are Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Igor Kravchuk, Andrea Sartoretti, Marianne Thieme, Dave Heineman, and Seth Moulton. After her are Maria Mazina, Sam Brownback, Nanaia Mahuta, Om Birla, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, and Jim Clyburn.

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Among people born in 1968, Penny Wong ranks 723. Before her are Deborah S. Jin, Peter Webber, Chen Yueling, Sebastian Schipper, Sergio Porrini, and Ilya Smirin. After her are Markus Schmidt, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Annegret Strauch, Firmin Ngrébada, Lavinia Agache, and Jean-Christophe Rolland.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Penny Wong ranks 61 out of 90. Before her are Mazlan Othman (1951), Joe Simpson (1960), Ambiga Sreenevasan (1956), Michael Wong (1970), Mukhriz Mahathir (1964), and Noordin Mohammad Top (1968). After her are Rashid Sidek (1968), Fish Leong (1978), Alex Yoong (1976), Razif Sidek (1962), Jalani Sidek (1964), and Angelica Lee (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Penny Wong ranks 31. Before her are Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu (1907), Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), Putra of Perlis (1920), Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931), Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (1953), and Francisco Mendes (1939).

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