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Bob Hawke

1929 - 2019

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Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. He held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP), having previously served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 1969 to 1980 and president of the Labor Party national executive from 1973 to 1978. Hawke was born in Border Town, South Australia. He attended the University of Western Australia and went on to study at University College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Hawke is the 13,469th most popular politician (down from 11,125th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Australia (down from 101st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bob Hawke ranks 13,469 out of 19,576. Before him are Nasrullah Khan, Nouri Abusahmain, José María Castro Madriz, José Díaz, Jacques Barrot, and Abdelsalam Majali. After him are Abdullah Ensour, Leila de Lima, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Alla Kushnir, Victor Schœlcher, and Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Bob Hawke ranks 304. Before him are Hubert Dreyfus, Lúcio Lara, Jean Pickering, Henry E. Holt, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and József Tóth. After him are Karl-Erik Palmér, Rolan Bykov, Slavko Avsenik, Paul England, Burhan Sargun, and Cordelia Edvardson. Among people deceased in 2019, Bob Hawke ranks 281. Before him are Piero Tosi, Julie Adams, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Elina Bystritskaya, Ilona Novák, and Kjell Bäckman. After him are Sven Lindqvist, Hannelore Elsner, Theo Adam, Michael J. Pollard, Paweł Adamowicz, and Pedro Manfredini.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Bob Hawke ranks 171 out of 1,143. Before him are Tommy Emmanuel (1955), John Winter (1924), Julian McMahon (1968), John Williams (1941), Bob Morley (1984), and J. L. Mackie (1917). After him are Paul England (1929), Yvonne Strahovski (1982), David Hurley (1953), William Jones (null), Brian McGuire (1945), and James Anderson (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Bob Hawke ranks 13. Before him are Anthony Albanese (1963), Edmund Barton (1849), Kevin Rudd (1957), John Curtin (1885), Alfred Deakin (1856), and Robert Menzies (1894). After him are David Hurley (1953), Stanley Bruce (1883), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Gerald Patterson (1895), Malcolm Turnbull (1954), and Quentin Bryce (1942).

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