John Howard
“John Winston Howard” was born on 26th July, 1939 at Earlwood, New South Wales in Australia. He was fourth son of Mona and Lyall Howard. They married in the year 1925. Stanley was born on 1926 he was john eldest brother and then later followed by Walter on 1929, after that Bob in 1936.
His father was a follower of Sir “Winston Churchill” and also sympathiser with the New Guard. Howard was grown up in the Sydney suburb of Earlwood. Until his mother gets married she was an employee. His father and his paternal grandfather are both veterans of the “First Australian Imperial Force (AIF)”, during in World War I.
They also had two petrol stations at the Dulwich Hill, as a boy Howard worked there. His father Lyall Howard was died in the year 1955 when he was sixteen years old. Later then his mother took everything to take care of john.
He completed his primary schooling at state schools of “Earlwood primary school” and then later he completed his high school in “Canterbury Boy’s High School”. He won a citizenship prize in the final year, which was presented by the local politician “Eric Willis”. Afterwards in his secondary schooling, he took part on cricket and rugby. Thus cricket became his life time hobby.
He also took part in the radio show hosted by Jack Davey in his final year; “Give it a Go Broadcast” on the commercial radio station 2GB. After he got a leaving certificate, he started studying of law at “University of Sydney”, in 1961 he graduated and afterwards he was practicing solicitor for twelve years.
In 1971 Howard get married with the liberal party member “Janette parker”. He had 3 children’s named as Melanie born on 1974, after that Tim born on 1977 and lastly Richard born in 1980. He was the 25th Prime minister of Australia during the period of 11th March 1996 to 3rd December 2007. He was the 2nd longest serving P.M, after Sir “Robert Menzies”.
25th Prime Minister of Australia | ||
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In office | 11 March 1996�– 3 December 2007 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II | |
Governor General | Sir William Deane Peter Hollingworth Michael Jeffery | |
Deputy | Tim Fischer John Anderson Mark Vaile | |
Preceded by | Paul Keating | |
Succeeded by | Kevin Rudd | |
29th Treasurer of Australia | ||
In office | 19 November 1977�– 11 March 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Malcolm Fraser | |
Preceded by | Phillip Lynch | |
Succeeded by | Paul Keating | |
22nd Leader of the Opposition | ||
In office | 5 September 1985�– 9 May 1989 | |
Deputy | Neil Brown Andrew Peacock | |
Preceded by | Andrew Peacock | |
Succeeded by | Andrew Peacock | |
In office | 30 January 1995�– 11 March 1996 | |
Deputy | Peter Costello | |
Preceded by | Alexander Downer | |
Succeeded by | Kim Beazley | |
2nd Chairperson-in-office of the Commonwealth of Nations | ||
In office | 2 March 2002�– 5 December 2003 | |
Head | Elizabeth II | |
Preceded by | Thabo Mbeki | |
Succeeded by | Olusegun Obasanjo | |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Bennelong | ||
In office | 18 May 1974�– 24 November 2007 | |
Preceded by | John Cramer | |
Succeeded by | Maxine McKew | |
Personal details | ||
Born | 26 July 1939 (age�74) Earlwood, New South Wales, Australia | |
Political party | Liberal Party | |
Other political affiliations | Coalition | |
Spouse(s) | Janette Parker | |
Children | 3 | |
Alma mater | University of Sydney | |
Religion | Anglicanism |
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