Alick Downer
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Sir Alexander Russell "Alick" Downer was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1949 and 1963, representing the Liberal Party, and served as Min
Official portrait, 1950
Downer in 1958.
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
Alick Downer
…His mother was Una Russell, daughter of Henry Chamberlain Russell, who remarried when Alick was eight, to D’Arcy Wentworth Addison. Sir Alick's son, Alexander Downer, also a Liberal politician, was Leader of the Opposition in 1994–95 and Foreign Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, before becoming Australian…
Official portrait, 2014
Downer during the 1990s.
Official portrait, 2003
Downer with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer at Parliament House, Canberra, February 2005