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Could an American-born man become the Prime Minister or Governor-General of Australia?

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Could an American-born man become the Prime Minister or Governor-General of Australia?

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You would definitely have to be an Australian citizen and give up your US citizenship before you could be elected to the Commonwealth (federal) parliament. Technically, the Governer-General of Australia does not even have to be an Australian citizen. In practice the last non-Australian Governer-General was about 40 years ago and we will never have another Governer General who is not an Australian citizen. While the Queen appoints the Governer-General she acts on the recommendation of the Australian Prime Minister. You need to be an Australian citizen to be elected to a State parliament but I don’t thin klthat any of the states currently require a person to have relinquished dual citizenship. Local government (city/town councils) elected office is uunlikelyto require you to relinquish dual citizenship and will generally require only that you have permanent residency in Australia.