Brian Howe | |
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![]() Howe in 1994 | |
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia | |
In office 3 June 1991 – 20 June 1995 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Paul Keating |
Succeeded by | Kim Beazley |
Deputy Leader of the Labor Party | |
In office 3 June 1991 – 20 June 1995 | |
Leader | Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Paul Keating |
Succeeded by | Kim Beazley |
Minister for Regional Development | |
In office 25 March 1994 – 11 March 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Peter Cook |
Succeeded by | John Sharp |
Minister for Local Government | |
In office 24 March 1993 – 25 March 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
Preceded by | David Simmons |
Succeeded by | Warwick Smith |
Minister for Housing | |
In office 7 May 1990 – 11 March 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Peter Staples |
Succeeded by | Tanya Plibersek (2007) |
Minister for Community Services | |
In office 4 April 1990 – 25 March 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Neal Blewett |
Succeeded by | Carmen Lawrence |
Minister for Health | |
In office 4 April 1990 – 24 March 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Neal Blewett |
Succeeded by | Graham Richardson |
Minister for Social Security | |
In office 13 December 1984 – 4 April 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | Don Grimes |
Succeeded by | Graham Richardson |
Minister for Defence Support | |
In office 11 March 1983 – 13 December 1984 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | Ian Viner |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Batman | |
In office 10 December 1977 – 29 January 1996 | |
Preceded by | Horrie Garrick |
Succeeded by | Martin Ferguson |
Personal details | |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 28 January 1936
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | Renate Howe |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Occupation | Politician, Christian minister |
Brian Leslie Howe AO (born 28 January 1936) is a retired Australian politician and Uniting Church minister. He served as the eighth deputy prime minister of Australia and the deputy leader of the Labor Party from 1991 to 1995, under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating. He was a government minister continuously from 1983 to 1996, and a member of the House of Representatives from 1977 to 1996, representing the Division of Batman in Victoria.