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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
PRIME MINISTERS
11 March 1983 – 20 December 1991 Robert James Lee Hawke AC
20 December 1991 – 11 March 1996 Paul John Keating
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTERS
11 March 1983 – 4 April 1990 Lionel Frost Bowen
4 April 1990 – 3 June 1991 Paul John Keating
3 June 1991 – 20 June 1995 Brian Leslie Howe
20 June 1995 – 11 March 1996 Kim Christian Beazley
DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
Secretaries
11 February 1986 – 27 December 1991 Michael Henry Codd AC
27 December 1991 – 12 May 1996 Michael Stockton Keating AC
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
The department was called Foreign Affairs until 24 July 1987.
Ministers
11 March 1983 – 17 August 1988 William George Hayden
2 September 1988 – 11 March 1996 Gareth John Evans QC
Secretaries
24 July 1984 – 31 August 1988 Stuart Francis Harris
1 September 1988 – 10 March 1992 Richard Arthur Woolcott AO
11 March 1992 – 26 May 1993 Peter Stephen Wilenski AO
27 May 1993 – 10 March 1996 Michael John Costello
Heads of diplomatic missions, Washington
Dates refer to date of accreditation. There was always a lapse between when an ambassador completed their time at a post and when their successor arrived and was accredited.
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