Robert Hill (Australian politician)

The Honourable Robert Hill AC
Senator for South Australia
In office 1 July 1981 – 15 March 2006
Preceded by	Sir Condor Laucke
Succeeded by	Cory Bernardi
Minister for Defence
In office 12 November 2001 – 27 January 2006
Prime Minister	John Howard
Preceded by	Peter Reith
Succeeded by	Brendan Nelson
Minister for the Environment
In office 11 March 1996 – 12 November 2001
Prime Minister	John Howard
Preceded by	John Faulkner (as Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories)
Succeeded by	David Kemp
Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office 11 March 1996 – 20 January 2006
Preceded by	Gareth Evans
Succeeded by	Nick Minchin
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
In office 3 April 1990 – 11 March 1996
Preceded by	Fred Chaney
Succeeded by	John Faulkner
Chancellor of the University of Adelaide
In office 26 July 2010 – 25 July 2014
Preceded by	John von Doussa
Succeeded by	Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce
Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
In office 27 March 2006 – May 2009
Preceded by	Caroline Millar (acting)
Succeeded by	Gary Quinlan
Personal details
Born	(1946-09-25) 25 September 1946 (age 77) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse	Diana Marie Hill (née Jacka)
Children	Victoria Hill (daughter)

Robert Murray Hill AC (born 25 September 1946) is a retired Australian politician. He is an adjunct professor in Sustainability and Co-Director of the Alliance 21 project at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He is also a Commissioner of the Global Ocean Commission.^[1]