Kim Beazley
|
The Honourable Kim Beazley AC |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Ambassador of Australia to the United States |
|
|
In office 17 February 2010 – 22 January 2016 |
|
| Nominated by | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Dennis Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Joe Hockey |
|
Leader of the Opposition Elections: 1998, 2001 |
|
|
In office 28 January 2005 – 4 December 2006 |
|
| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Deputy | Jenny Macklin |
| Preceded by | Mark Latham |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Rudd |
|
In office 19 March 1996 – 11 November 2001 |
|
| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Deputy |
Gareth Evans Simon Crean |
| Preceded by | John Howard |
| Succeeded by | Simon Crean |
| Leader of the Labor Party | |
|
In office 28 January 2005 – 4 December 2006 |
|
| Deputy | Jenny Macklin |
| Preceded by | Mark Latham |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Rudd |
|
In office 19 March 1996 – 11 March 2001 |
|
| Deputy |
Gareth Evans Simon Crean |
| Preceded by | Paul Keating |
| Succeeded by | Simon Crean |
| 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia | |
|
In office 20 June 1995 – 11 March 1996 |
|
| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Brian Howe |
| Succeeded by | Tim Fischer |
| Deputy Leader of the Labor Party | |
|
In office 20 June 1995 – 19 March 1996 |
|
| Leader | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Brian Howe |
| Succeeded by | Gareth Evans |
| Minister for Finance | |
|
In office 23 December 1993 – 11 March 1996 |
|
| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Ralph Willis |
| Succeeded by | John Fahey |
|
In office 9 December 1991 – 27 December 1991 |
|
| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Ralph Willis |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Willis |
| Minister for Employment, Education and Training | |
|
In office 27 December 1991 – 23 December 1993 |
|
| Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | John Dawkins |
| Succeeded by | Simon Crean |
| Minister for Transport and Communications | |
|
In office 4 April 1990 – 9 December 1991 |
|
| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Ralph Willis |
| Succeeded by | John Kerin |
| Leader of the House | |
|
In office 15 February 1988 – 11 March 1996 |
|
| Prime Minister |
Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
| Preceded by | Mick Young |
| Succeeded by | Peter Reith |
| Minister for Defence | |
|
In office 13 December 1984 – 4 April 1990 |
|
| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Gordon Scholes |
| Succeeded by | Robert Ray |
| Special Minister of State | |
|
In office 14 July 1983 – 21 January 1984 |
|
| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Mick Young |
| Succeeded by | Mick Young |
| Minister for Aviation | |
|
In office 11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984 |
|
| Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
| Preceded by | Wal Fife |
| Succeeded by | Peter Morris |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Brand |
|
|
In office 2 March 1996 – 3 November 2007 |
|
| Preceded by | Wendy Fatin |
| Succeeded by | Gary Gray |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Kim Christian Beazley 14 December 1948 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ciccarelli (m.1974-1988) Susie Annus (m.1990-present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
Kim Edward Beazley (father) Betty Judge (mother) |
| Alma mater |
University of Western Australia Balliol College, Oxford |
Kim Christian Beazley, AC (born 14 December 1948), is a former Australian diplomat and politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from 1995 to 1996. He subsequently served as the Leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2006.
Beazley was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1980 to 2007. He was a minister in the governments of Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and was Keating's Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996. He then became the Leader of the Opposition and led the Labor Party through the federal elections in 1998 and 2001, both of which Labor lost. He returned to the leadership in 2005, but then retired from Parliament at the 2007 election having lost the leadership of the Labor Party to Kevin Rudd after a 2006 challenge.
Beazley was Ambassador of Australia to the United States from 2010 to 2016, when he was succeeded by Joe Hockey. He is currently the National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs.
Beazley was born in Perth, Western Australia. His father, Kim Beazley Snr, was the Labor MP for Fremantle from 1945 to 1977 and education minister in the Whitlam Government (1972–75). His mother, Betty Judge, was an Australian athletics champion and record-holder. Beazley's uncle, the Reverend Syd Beazley, was one of the more than 1,000 prisoners of war who died in the sinking of the SS Montevideo Maru in July 1942.
...
Wikipedia