John Winston Howard SSI, MP is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies, and is the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
Howard has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1974, representing the Division of Bennelong in Sydney's northern suburbs. He served as Treasurer in the government of Malcolm Fraser from 1977–1983. He was Leader of the Liberal Party and Coalition Opposition from 1985–1989, which included the 1987 federal election against Bob Hawke. He was re-elected as Leader of the Opposition in 1995.

Under his leadership, the Liberal-National Coalition won the general election of 2 March 1996, defeating Paul Keating' Labor government and ending a record 13 years of Coalition opposition. Howard was sworn in as Prime Minister on 11 March 1996. Howard's government was re-elected in the 1998, 2001 and 2004 elections. Howard was soundly defeated in his bid for a fifth term in the 2007 election on 24 November, losing to the Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd. Many media outlets also project that Howard will also lose his own seat as well--only the second time this has happened in Australia's history.

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John Howard (né le 26 juillet 1939) est un homme politique et le Premier ministre d'Australie depuis 1996.

Il fut Trésorier (ministre des Finances) dans le gouvernement dirigé par Malcolm Fraser entre 1977-1983 et fut le leader du Parti libéral australien entre 1985-1989, y compris pendant l’élection de 1987 qui opposa son parti à celui de Bob Hawke, figure travailliste australienne. Réélu leader de l’opposition en 1995, Howard est devenu le vingt-cinquième premier ministre de l’Australie après avoir battu Paul Keating, le premier ministre sortant lors de l'élection nationale de 1996. Il a été réélu à ce poste en 1998, 2001 et 2004, devenant le second premier ministre pour la longévité derrière Sir Robert Menzies. Il perd les élections du 24 novembre 2007 et perd même son siège de député de Bennelong. Il devient ainsi le deuxième Premier Ministre en fonction à ne pas être réélu. Il quitte aussitôt ses fonctions de chef du parti Libéral.

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