Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen was a conservative Australian politician. He was the longest-serving and longest-lived premier of Queensland, holding office from 1968 to 1987, during which time the state underwent considerable economic development. He has become one of the most well-known and controversial figures of 20th-century Australian politics because of his uncompromising conservatism, political longevity, and the institutional corruption of his government.
Official portrait, c. 1980
Joh and Flo on their wedding day (31 May 1952)
Bjelke-Petersen in 1968
Bjelke-Petersen with Gordon Chalk in April 1971.
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.
Premier of Queensland
Image: Arthur Macalister
Image: Arthur Macalister
Image: Robert Ramsay Mackenzie