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 john winston howard
john howard

john winston howard , , -lrb- born 26 july 1939 -rrb- was the 25th prime minister of australia , from 11 march 1996 to 3 december 2007 .
he is the second longest-serving australian prime minister , after sir robert menzies .
born in the multicultural sydney suburb of earlwood , howard is the son of a university of sydney lecturer and a former office worker .
before entering politics he worked as solicitor for twelve years from 1961 .
howard was a member of the house of representatives from 1974 to 2007 , representing the division of bennelong , new south wales .
he served as treasurer in the fraser government from 1977 to 1983 .
he was leader of the liberal party and coalition opposition from 1985 to 1989 , which included the 1987 federal election against bob hawke .
he was re-elected as leader of the opposition in 1995 .
howard led the liberal-national coalition to victory at the 1996 federal election , defeating paul keating 's labor government and ending a record 13 years of coalition opposition .
the howard government was re-elected at the 1998 , 2001 and 2004 elections .
major issues for the howard government included taxation , industrial relations , immigration , the iraq war , and aboriginal relations .
howard 's coalition government was defeated at the 2007 election by the labor party led by kevin rudd .
howard also lost his own parliamentary seat at the election ; he was the second australian prime minister , after stanley bruce in 1929 , to do so .
