Peter Costello

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Peter Costello is an Australian former politician who served as the country's longest-serving federal Treasurer, holding the position from 1996 to 2007 under Prime Minister John Howard.

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instanceOf Australian politician
human
treasurer
authorOf The Costello Memoirs NERFINISHED
birthCountry Australia NERFINISHED
birthPlace Melbourne NERFINISHED
boardMemberOf Nine Entertainment Co. NERFINISHED
chairpersonOf Nine Entertainment Co. NERFINISHED
coAuthorWith Peter Coleman NERFINISHED
continentOfCitizenship Oceania NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1957-08-14
deputyLeaderOf Liberal Party of Australia NERFINISHED
educatedAt Monash University NERFINISHED
endTimeAsMP 2009
fieldOfStudy law
gender male
hasChild three children
ideology conservatism
knownFor economic liberalisation policies in Australia
languageSpoken English
legislativeBody Australian House of Representatives NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Australia NERFINISHED
notableFor establishment of the Future Fund
federal budget surpluses during the Howard government
introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in Australia
longest-serving federal Treasurer of Australia
role in Australian economic reform in the late 1990s and 2000s
notableWork The Costello Memoirs NERFINISHED
occupation barrister
company director
newspaper columnist
officeEndTime 2007
officeStartTime 1996
parliament Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED
portfolio Treasury NERFINISHED
positionHeld Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Treasurer of Australia NERFINISHED
predecessorAsTreasurer Ralph Willis NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
representedElectorate Higgins NERFINISHED
residence Melbourne NERFINISHED
servedInGovernmentOf Howard Government NERFINISHED
servedUnder John Howard NERFINISHED
spouse Tanya Costello NERFINISHED
startTimeAsMP 1990
successorAsTreasurer Wayne Swan NERFINISHED

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Scotch College, Melbourne alumni Peter Costello