Ralph Willis | |
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![]() Willis c. 1973 | |
Treasurer of Australia | |
In office 23 December 1993 – 11 March 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
Preceded by | John Dawkins |
Succeeded by | Peter Costello |
In office 9 December 1991 – 27 December 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke Paul Keating |
Preceded by | John Kerin |
Succeeded by | John Dawkins |
Minister for Finance | |
In office 27 December 1991 – 23 December 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Paul Keating |
Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
Succeeded by | Kim Beazley |
In office 4 April 1990 – 9 December 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | Peter Walsh |
Succeeded by | Kim Beazley |
Vice-President of the Executive Council | |
In office 27 May 1992 – 24 March 1993 | |
Preceded by | Graham Richardson |
Succeeded by | Frank Walker |
Minister for Transport and Communications | |
In office 2 September 1988 – 4 April 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | Gareth Evans |
Succeeded by | Kim Beazley |
Minister for Industrial Relations | |
In office 11 March 1983 – 2 September 1988 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | Ian Macphee |
Succeeded by | Peter Morris |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Gellibrand | |
In office 2 December 1972 – 31 August 1998 | |
Preceded by | Hector McIvor |
Succeeded by | Nicola Roxon |
Personal details | |
Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 14 April 1938
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse | Carol Dawson |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Occupation | Unionist |
Ralph Willis AO (born 14 April 1938) is an Australian former politician who served as a Cabinet Minister during the entirety of the Hawke-Keating government from 1983 to 1996, most notably as Treasurer of Australia from 1993 to 1996 and briefly in 1991. He also served as Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Transport and Communications and Minister for Finance. He represented the Victorian seat of Gellibrand in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998.