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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Sarah Mitchell
| honorific-suffix = MLC
| image = Minister Mitchell July 20 headshot DSC6710a.jpg
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| office = [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning]]▼
▲| office = [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning]]
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| predecessor = [[Rob Stokes]] {{small|(as the [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Education]])}}<br/>''herself'' {{small|(as the [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Early Childhood Education]])}}▼
| term_end = ▼
| successor = [[Prue Car]]▼
▲| predecessor = [[Rob Stokes]] {{small|(as the [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Education]])}}<br/>''herself'' {{small|(as the [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Early Childhood Education]])}}
| office1 = Member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]]▼
▲| successor =
▲| office1 = Member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]]
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| office2 = [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Early Childhood Education]]▼
▲| office2 = [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Early Childhood Education]]
▲| premier2 = Gladys Berejiklian
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▲| term_end2 = 23 March 2019
| premier3 = Gladys Berejiklian
▲| predecessor2 = [[Leslie Williams (politician)|Leslie Williams]]
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| term_end3 = 23 March 2019
| predecessor3 = Leslie Williams▼
▲| office3 = [[Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (New South Wales)|Minister for Aboriginal Affairs]]
| successor3 = [[Don Harwin]] {{small|(as the [[Minister for Industrial Relations (New South Wales)|Minister for Public Services and Employee Relations]], [[Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (New South Wales)|Aboriginal Affairs]] and [[Minister for the Arts (New South Wales)|the Arts]]) }}▼
▲| premier3 = Gladys Berejiklian
| office4 = [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)#Assistant Ministers|Assistant Minister for Education]]▼
▲| term_start3 = 30 January 2017
| premier4 = Gladys Berejiklian
▲| term_end3 = 23 March 2019
| term_start4 = 30 January 2017▼
▲| predecessor3 = Leslie Williams
| term_end4 = 26 March 2019
▲| successor3 = [[Don Harwin]] {{small|(as the [[Minister for Industrial Relations (New South Wales)|Minister for Public Services and Employee Relations]], [[Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (New South Wales)|Aboriginal Affairs]] and [[Minister for the Arts (New South Wales)|the Arts]]) }}
| predecessor4 = Leslie Williams
| successor4 = ''portfolio abolished''▼
▲| office4 = [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)#Assistant Ministers|Assistant Minister for Education]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|5|10}}▼
▲| term_start4 = 30 January 2017
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▲| successor4 = ''portfolio abolished''
| party = [[National Party of Australia – NSW|The Nationals]]▼
| spouse = Anthony Mitchell▼
| children = ▼
▲| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|5|10}}
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▲| party = [[National Party of Australia – NSW|The Nationals]]
▲| spouse = Anthony Mitchell
▲| children =
| alma_mater = [[University of New South Wales]]▼
▲| website =
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'''Sarah Ann Mitchell''' (née '''Johnston'''; born 10 May 1982), an Australian politician, is the former [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning]] in the [[second Berejiklian ministry]]
Mitchell previously served as the [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Minister for Early Childhood Education]], the [[Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (New South Wales)|Minister for Aboriginal Affairs]] and the [[Minister for Education (New South Wales)|Assistant Minister for Education]] from January 2017 until March 2019 in the [[first Berejiklian ministry]].<ref name=gladys>{{cite news|agency=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]]|title=Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/01/30/refreshed-nsw-cabinet-to-be-sworn-in.html|accessdate=30 January 2017|work=[[Sky News]]|location=Australia|date=30 January 2017}}</ref>
==Background and early career==
Mitchell was born in [[Gunnedah, New South Wales|Gunnedah]], and moved to [[Grafton, New South Wales|Grafton]] as a child. She moved back to Gunnedah while in high school, completing her Higher School Certificate at Gunnedah High School in 1999. She moved to Sydney in 2001, and studied politics and international relations at the [[University of New South Wales]], obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 2016. Mitchell later moved back to Gunnedah, where she worked as an electorate officer for former Deputy Prime Minister [[John Anderson (Australian politician)|John Anderson]]. She continued working for [[Mark Coulton]], Anderson's successor as local MP, upon Anderson's 2007 retirement.<ref>[https://www.nswnationals.org.au/state-team/sarahmitchell/ Our Senior Office-Bearers: Sarah Mitchell MLC] The Nationals NSW. Retrieved 22 April 2011.</ref>
==Political career==
She was later elected president of the federal Young Nationals and chairman of the state Young Nationals, positions which she held until her election to parliament.<ref>[http://nsw.nationals.org.au/our-team/the-nationals-team/ms-sarah-johnston.html The Nationals Team: Sarah Johnston] NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2011.</ref> She was preselected for the eleventh position on the [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] Legislative Council ticket for the [[2011 New South Wales state election|2011 state election]] in April 2010; while normally unwinnable, the near-record size of the Coalition's victory saw her emerge victorious for the last seat in an extremely close race with
She has served on several standing and select committees, and currently sits on the General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3. During her first years in Parliament, Sarah chaired the General Purpose Standing Committee No. 4, which undertook an inquiry into medicinal cannabis, resulting in a report unanimously in favour of the provision of medicinal cannabis for the terminally ill.
Mitchell was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Regional and Rural Health and Western NSW on 24 April 2015.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Following the resignation of [[Mike Baird]] as [[Premier of New South Wales|Premier]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.thesatellite.com.au/news/baird-resigns-nsw-premier-quit-top-job-and-parliam/3133375/|first=Owen|last=Jacques|title=Baird resigns: NSW Premier to quit top job and Parliament|work=The Satellite|date=19 January 2017|accessdate=18 January 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202002956/http://m.thesatellite.com.au/news/baird-resigns-nsw-premier-quit-top-job-and-parliam/3133375/|archivedate=2 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Gladys Berejiklian]] was elected as [[Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party|Liberal leader]] and sworn in as Premier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swearing-In of The Honourable Gladys Berejiklian MP, the 45th Premier of New South Wales, and The Honourable John Barilaro MP, Deputy Premier|url=https://www.governor.nsw.gov.au/governor/vice-regal-program/monday-23-january-2017/|website=Vice Regal Program |publisher=Governor of New South Wales|accessdate=27 January 2017|date=23 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ministers|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/pages/ministers.aspx |website=www.parliament.nsw.gov.au |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Clennell|first1=Andrew|title=Premier Gladys Berejiklian plans major reshuffle for cabinet|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/premier-gladys-berejiklian-plans-major-reshuffle-for-cabinet/news-story/1bb77d4e287dc82004f80186e40d18f0|accessdate=27 January 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=26 January 2017}}</ref> The [[first Berejiklian ministry]] was subsequently formed with Mitchell sworn in as the Minister for Early Childhood Education, the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and the Assistant Minister for Education with effect from 30 January 2017.<ref name=gladys/> Following the [[2019 New South Wales state election|2019 state election]] Mitchell was appointed as the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning in the [[second Berejiklian ministry]], with effect from 2 April 2019.<ref name="ABC-2019-03-31">{{cite news |author=Sas, Nick |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-31/cabinet-reshuffle-after-nsw-election-from-berejiklian/10956776 |title=Gladys Berejiklian says Liberal Party has no women problem as re-elected NSW Premier shuffles Cabinet |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |date=31 March 2019 |accessdate=3 April 2019 }}</ref> She also became the [[Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council (New South Wales)#Deputy Leaders|Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council]].
==See also==
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*[[First Berejiklian ministry]]
*[[Second Berejiklian ministry]]
* [[Perrottet ministry (disambiguation)|Perrottet ministry]]
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