Alexander Downer
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Alexander John Gosse Downer is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007, and was a member of parliament for the South Australian di
Official portrait, 2014
Downer during the 1990s.
Official portrait, 2003
Downer with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer at Parliament House, Canberra, February 2005
John Hewson
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John Robert Hewson is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led the Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal electi
Alexander Downer
…election, winning the Division of Mayo in South Australia. He was added to the opposition frontbench in 1987. After the Coalition lost the 1993 election, John Hewson's position as leader of the Liberal Party came into question. Downer successfully challenged him for the leadership in 1994, thus becoming Leader of…
Hewson in 2018
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