Andrew Peacock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Andrew Peacock

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1939

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Andrew Peacock

  • Andrew Sharp Peacock AC GCL (born 13 February 1939) is a former Australian politician and diplomat.
  • He served twice as leader of the Liberal Party (1983–1985 and 1989–1990), leading the party to defeat at the 1984 and 1990 elections.
  • He had earlier been a long-serving cabinet minister. Peacock was born in Melbourne, and attended Scotch College before going on to study law at the University of Melbourne.
  • A former president of the Young Liberals, he was elected to Parliament at the age of 27, filling the blue-ribbon seat of Kooyong, vacated by Sir Robert Menzies.
  • Peacock was appointed to cabinet in 1969 by John Gorton, and later served under William McMahon and Malcolm Fraser.
  • He held a variety of portfolios, most notably serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1975 to 1980.
  • He unsuccessfully challenged Fraser for the Liberal leadership in 1982, but was then elected as Fraser's successor following the party's defeat at the 1983 election. At the 1984 election, the Peacock-led Coalition slightly reduced Labor's majority.
  • He resigned the Liberal leadership the following year after failing to have his deputy John Howard removed; he was duly replaced by Howard.
  • He remained a member of the shadow cabinet, and in 1987 unsuccessfully challenged Howard for the leadership; he was instead elected deputy leader.
  • Peacock finally returned as leader in 1989.
  • However, his second term lasted less than a year, as he resigned after another electoral defeat in 1990.
  • Peacock left politics in 1994, and was later appointed Ambassador to the United States (1997–1999).

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