Gareth Evans (politician)
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The Honourable Gareth Evans AC QC FASSA FAIIA |
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Gareth Evans at the University of Melbourne in 2010
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| Chancellor of Australian National University | |
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Assumed office 18 February 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 19 March 1996 – 19 October 1998 |
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| Leader | Kim Beazley |
| Preceded by | Peter Costello |
| Succeeded by | Simon Crean |
| Deputy Leader of the Labor Party | |
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In office 19 March 1996 – 19 October 1998 |
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| Leader | Kim Beazley |
| Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
| Succeeded by | Simon Crean |
| Leader of the Government in the Senate | |
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In office 24 March 1993 – 11 March 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Deputy | Robert Ray |
| Preceded by | John Button |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hill |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 2 September 1988 – 11 March 1996 |
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| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Bill Hayden |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Downer |
| Minister for Transport and Communications | |
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In office 24 July 1987 – 2 September 1988 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Peter Morris |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Willis |
| Minister for Resources and Energy | |
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In office 13 December 1984 – 24 July 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Peter Walsh |
| Succeeded by | John Kerin |
| Minister assisting the Prime Minister Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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In office 13 December 1984 – 24 July 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Positions Established |
| Succeeded by | Positions Abolished |
| Attorney General of Australia | |
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In office 11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984 |
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| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Peter Durack |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Bowen |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Holt |
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In office 2 March 1996 – 30 September 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Duffy |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Byrne |
| Senator for Victoria | |
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In office 1 July 1978 – 2 March 1996 |
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| Succeeded by | Stephen Conroy |
| Personal details | |
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Gareth John Evans 5 September 1944 Melbourne |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Merran Evans |
| Children | Caitlin Evans Eamon Evans |
| Alma mater |
University of Melbourne Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Profession |
Academic Lawyer Politician |
| Website | http://gevans.org/ |
Gareth John Evans AC, QC (born 5 September 1944), is an Australian international policymaker and former politician. An academic lawyer and barrister by profession, he represented the Australian Labor Party in the Senate and House of Representatives from 1978 to 1999, serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating governments from 1983 to 1996 as Attorney-General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Communications and most prominently, from 1988 to 1996, as Foreign Minister. He was Leader of the Government in the Senate from 1993 to 1996, Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 1998, and remains one of the two longest-serving federal Cabinet Ministers in Labor Party history.
After leaving politics, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group from 2000 to 2009. On returning to Australia he was appointed in 2009 honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has served on a number of major international commissions and panels, including as co-chair of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2000–01) and International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (2008–10). Evans has written extensively on international relations and legal, constitutional and political affairs, and has been internationally recognised for his contributions to the theory and practice of mass atrocity and conflict prevention, arms control and disarmament.
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