Andrew Peacock

**Andrew Sharp Peacock** AC GCL (13 February 1939 – 16 April 2021) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was leader of the Liberal Party (1983–1985 and 1989–1990). During his leadership, the party lost in the 1984 and 1990 elections.

When John Howard became Prime Minister, he made Peacock the Australian Ambassador to the United States.

Peacock died at his Austin, Texas home on 16 April 2021, aged 82.

## Infobox (politician)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Honourable
- **name**: Andrew Peacock
- **honorific-suffix**: Companion of the Order of Australia, AC, Order of Logohu, GCL
- **image**: Andrew Peacock.jpg
- **caption**: Peacock in 1999
- **order**: List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition, Leader of the Opposition
<small>Elections: Australian federal election, 1984, 1984, Australian federal election, 1990, 1990</small>
- **term start**: 9 May 1989
- **term end**: 3 April 1990
- **primeminister**: Bob Hawke
- **deputy**: Fred Chaney
- **successor**: John Hewson
- **predecessor**: John Howard
- **term start1**: 11 March 1983
- **term end1**: 5 September 1985
- **primeminister1**: Bob Hawke
- **deputy1**: John Howard
- **predecessor1**: Bob Hawke
- **successor1**: John Howard
- **office2**: List of Ambassadors of Australia to the United States, Australian Ambassador to the United States
- **nominator2**: John Howard
- **term start2**: 2 February 1997
- **term end2**: 27 February 1999
- **predecessor2**: John McCarthy (ambassador born 1942), John McCarthy
- **successor2**: Michael Thawley
- **office3**: Liberal Party of Australia, Leader of the Liberal Party
- **term start3**: 9 May 1989
- **term end3**: 3 April 1990
- **deputy3**: Fred Chaney
- **predecessor3**: John Howard
- **successor3**: John Hewson
- **term start4**: 11 March 1983
- **term end4**: 5 September 1985
- **deputy4**: John Howard
- **predecessor4**: Malcolm Fraser
- **successor4**: John Howard
- **office5**: Liberal Party of Australia#Federal deputy leaders, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
- **leader5**: John Howard
- **term start5**: 17 July 1987
- **term end5**: 9 May 1989
- **predecessor5**: Neil Brown (Australian politician), Neil Brown
- **successor5**: Fred Chaney
- **office6**: Minister for Industry (Australia), Minister for Industry and Commerce
- **primeminister6**: Malcolm Fraser
- **term start6**: 11 October 1982
- **term end6**: 11 March 1983
- **predecessor6**: Phillip Lynch
- **successor6**: John Button
- **office7**: Minister for Employment (Australia), Minister for Industrial Relations
- **primeminister7**: Malcolm Fraser
- **term start7**: 3 November 1980
- **term end7**: 16 April 1981
- **predecessor7**: Tony Street
- **successor7**: Ian Viner
- **office8**: Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia), Minister for Foreign Affairs
- **primeminister8**: Malcolm Fraser
- **term start8**: 12 November 1975
- **term end8**: 3 November 1980
- **predecessor8**: Don Willesee
- **successor8**: Tony Street
- **office9**: Minister for the Environment (Australia), Minister for the Environment
- **primeminister9**: Malcolm Fraser
- **term start9**: 12 November 1975
- **term end9**: 22 December 1975
- **predecessor9**: Joe Berinson
- **successor9**: Ivor Greenwood
- **office10**: Minister for Home Affairs (Australia), Minister for External Territories
- **primeminister10**: William McMahon
- **term start10**: 25 January 1972
- **term end10**: 5 December 1972
- **predecessor10**: Charles Barnes
- **successor10**: Gough Whitlam
- **office11**: Minister for Defence (Australia), Minister for Defence
Minister for Defence (Australia), Minister for the Army
- **primeminister11**: John Gorton
William McMahon
- **term start11**: 12 November 1969
- **term end11**: 10 March 1971
- **predecessor11**: Phillip Lynch
- **successor11**: Bob Katter, Sr.
- **office12**: Member of the Parliament of Australia, Australian Parliament for Division of Kooyong, Kooyong
- **term start12**: 2 April 1966
- **term end12**: 19 November 1994
- **predecessor12**: Robert Menzies
- **successor12**: Petro Georgiou
- **birth name**: Andrew Sharp Peacock
- **birth place**: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **death place**: Austin, Texas, United States, U.S.
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 3; including Jane Chapple-Hyam, Jane
- **relations**: John Rossiter (father-in-law)
- **party**: Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal
- **education**: Scotch College, Melbourne, Scotch College
- **alma mater**: University of Melbourne