Penny Wong, an Asian, female and sexual minority, is also taking the lead in legalizing same-sex marriage… Also mentioned as the next prime minister
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (right) posted a wedding photo on her Instagram on the 17th and announced that she had married her long-time girlfriend Sophie Aluasi (left).
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(Jakarta = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Eui-rae = Australia’s AAP news agency reported on the 17th (local time) that Penny Wong (55), Australia’s first Asian and sexual minority foreign minister, married her same-sex lover him have been together for a long time.
According to this, Minister Wong married Sophie Alluasi, his girlfriend of about 20 years, in a winery in Adelaide, Australia the day before.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and a number of cabinet ministers attended the wedding, and the couple’s two daughters, Alexandra (11) and Hannah (8), who were conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF), were said to serve as bridesmaids.
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Minister Wong also posted a photo of himself with Aluasi in a wedding dress on his Instagram and wrote, “I’m happy to have a lot of family and friends with us on this special day.”
Minister Wong, who was born in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and moved to Australia at the age of five, worked as a lawyer and began his political career when he was elected as a South Australian senator in 2002.
As an Asian, a woman, and a sexual minority, she stands out as a politician in Australia, where white Australian sentiment is deeply rooted.
He became Australia’s first Asian minister when he was selected as Climate Change Minister in 2007, and served as Finance Minister from 2010 to 2013.
In addition, when the Labor Party returns to power in 2022, she will be Australia’s first Asian foreign minister, and recently became Australia’s longest-serving female cabinet minister.
In 2009, she was chosen as one of the ’50 most beautiful female politicians in the world’, and has recently been chosen as the most trusted politician in Australia in various opinion polls, and is also mentioned as a candidate for The next First Minister of Wales. Australia.
The Australian Parliament passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in December 2017 and has been recognizing it since January 2018. As a parliamentarian, Minister Wong also played a leading role in the legalization of same-sex marriage.
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