Joe Hockey

Joseph Benedict Hockey is an Australian former politician and diplomat. He was the Member of Parliament for North Sydney from 1996 until 2015. He was the Treasurer of Australia in the Abbott government from 18 September 2013 until September 2015 when he resigned from Cabinet, having refused an alternative offer from the incoming Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. He previously served as the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations in the Howard government. He also served as Ambassador of Australia to the United States from January 2016 until January 2020.

2 August 1965

Born on the same birth day (2 August): David Waddington • John Tyndall • John W. Snow • Karl Miller • María Duval • Nehemiah Persoff • Reyes Estévez • Vitalia Diatchenko

Born in the same month (August 1965): Dan Crowley (rugby union) • David Robinson • Kevin Dillon • Marcus du Sautoy • Motoi Sakuraba • Peter Krause • Wayne James • Wendy Botha