page_title: Prime Minister of Australia
section_title: Former Prime Ministers
hierarchical_section_title: Prime Minister of Australia / Former Prime Ministers
caption_attribution_description: Australian Prime Minister John Howard responds to a reporter's question during a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld in the Pentagon on Feb. 4, 2003. Howard and Rumsfeld met earlier discuss a range of bilateral security issues including the situation in Iraq.
context_page_description: The Prime Minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian government. He or she has the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia.
  The current Prime Minister of Australia, since August 2018, is Scott Morrison.
context_section_description: As of August 2019, there are six living former Australian Prime Ministers.
caption: John Howard
  In office: 1996–2007
  Age: 80
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