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
birthCountry Australia
birthPlace Melbourne
boardMemberOf Nine Entertainment Co.
chairpersonOf Nine Entertainment Co.
coAuthorWith Peter Coleman
continentOfCitizenship Oceania
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1957-08-14
deputyLeaderOf Liberal Party of Australia
educatedAt Monash University
endTimeAsMP 2009
fieldOfStudy law
gender male
hasChild three children
ideology conservatism
knownFor economic liberalisation policies in Australia
languageSpoken English
legislativeBody Australian House of Representatives
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party of Australia
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
occupation barrister
company director
newspaper columnist
officeEndTime 2007
officeStartTime 1996
parliament Parliament of Australia
portfolio Treasury
linked to: The Treasury
positionHeld Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Treasurer of Australia
predecessorAsTreasurer Ralph Willis
religion Christianity
representedElectorate Higgins
residence Melbourne
servedInGovernmentOf Howard Government
linked to: Howard government
servedUnder John Howard
spouse Tanya Costello
startTimeAsMP 1990
successorAsTreasurer Wayne Swan

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