Paul John Keating is an Australian former politician and trade unionist who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia and leader of the Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. He previously served as trea
Official portrait, 1993
Keating aged 34, second from left, with Labor figures (from left) Colin Jamieson, Peter Walsh and Stewart West in Wickham, 1978
Keating with OECD Secretary-General Jean-Claude Paye, 1985
Keating and his Cabinet, 1994
John Winston Howard is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. His eleven-year
Paul Keating
…Committee. At the 1996 election, after 13 years in office, Keating's government suffered a landslide defeat to the Liberal–National Coalition, led by John Howard. Keating resigned as leader of the Labor Party and retired from Parliament shortly after the election, with his deputy Kim Beazley being elected unopposed…
Howard in 1974, the year of his first election to parliament
Howard in June 1997, just over a year after becoming prime minister