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Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and was the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Wentworth from 2004 to 2018.
Margaret Whitlam, Tamie Fraser and Hazel Hawke were made officers of the Order of Australia. Lucy Turnbull was appointed an officer of the order before her husband became prime minister. Tamie Fraser was the first spouse of a prime minister to be provided with an official secretary for dealing with her correspondence. [17]
Such deaths have most often been from natural causes, but there are also cases of assassination, execution, suicide, accident and even death in battle. The list is in chronological order. The name is listed first, followed by the year of death, the country, the name of the office the person held at the time of death, the location of the death ...
South Australia 14 March 1931 51 Harold Edward Elliott Nationalist Victoria 23 March 1931 52 Suicide caused by post-traumatic stress disorder [15] James Ogden United Australia: Tasmania 5 February 1932 [16] 63 John Newlands United Australia South Australia 20 May 1932 [17] 67 Walter Kingsmill United Australia Western Australia: 15 January 1935 70
The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [ 3 ]
For a non-interim prime minister, the longest period of prior service was 30 years by Harold Holt, who was elected in a by-election in August 1935 and became prime minister in January 1966. The longest service as an MP of a prime minister was Billy Hughes , who served from March 1901 until his death in October 1952, a total of 51 years.
Australia had only one prime minister (Menzies) from 1949 to 1965, but six prime ministers from 1966 to 1975. [48] Peter Bowers said that Holt's death ended Australia's "age of innocence", as it meant national leaders could no longer keep their private lives completely away from public scrutiny.
A number of heads of state and heads of government have taken their own lives, either while in office or after leaving office.National leaders who take their own lives while in office generally do so because their leadership is somehow threatened – for instance, by a coup or an invading army.