Michael Wooldridge
Mike or Michael Wooldridge may refer to: * Michael Wooldridge (politician) (born 1956), Australian doctor and politician * Mike Wooldridge (broadcaster), British journalist; world affairs correspondent for BBC News * Michael Wooldridge (computer scientist) Michael John Wooldridge (born 26 August 1966) is a professor of computer science at the University of Oxford. His main research interests is in multi-agent systems, and in particular, in the computational theory aspects of rational action in sy ...

Michael Wooldridge (politician)
Michael Richard Lewis Wooldridge (born 7 November 1956) is an Australian doctor, company director, and former politician. He served as deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1993 to 1994, under John Hewson. In the Howard government, he held ministerial office as Minister for Health and Family Services (1996–1998) and Health and Aged Care (1998–2001). He represented the Liberals in the House of Representatives as the member for Chisholm (1987–1998) and Casey (1998–2001). Early years Wooldridge was born in Melbourne on 7 November 1956. The son of a real estate agent, he grew up in the suburb of Surrey Hills and attended Scotch College, Melbourne. He went on to Monash University, initially studying economics and politics before transferring to a science degree and then studying medicine. He graduated in 1981 and completed his residency at The Alfred Hospital. Federal political career Wooldridge was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1987 federal election ...
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Mike Wooldridge (broadcaster)
Mike Wooldridge OBE is a world affairs correspondent for the BBC News. Wooldridge spent his youth at Bournemouth School before joining BBC News in April 1970 as a sub-editor. He became a news reporter in 1978, and in 1982 he became the East Africa correspondent. In 1989, he moved to Johannesburg to become the BBC's South Africa correspondent. Less than two years later in 1990, he became Religious Affairs correspondent, reporting on the influence of religion in modern societies, focusing on conflict arising from religion. In 1996, he moved to Delhi to become the South Asia correspondent. In 2001 Wooldridge became a world affairs correspondent for the BBC News. During his time at the BBC, Wooldridge has covered many historic events, including: *1972, United Nations General Assembly *1975, General Franco's death. *1978, Earthquake in Tabas, Iran, in which more than 20,000 died. *1980's, African civil wars in refugee crises in Sudan, Somalia, Angola and Mozambique. *1985, Drought in ...
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