Hazel Hawke

Hazel Hawke
Hazel Hawke on a visit to Moscow in 1987
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
In office
11 March 1983 – 20 December 1991
Preceded byTamie Fraser
Succeeded byAnnita Keating
Personal details
Born
Hazel Susan Masterson

(1929-07-20)20 July 1929
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died23 May 2013(2013-05-23) (aged 83)
Hammondville, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouse
(m. 1956; div. 1994)
Children4
Bob and Hazel Hawke on their 1987 visit to the Soviet Union

Hazel Susan Hawke AO (née Masterson, 20 July 1929 – 23 May 2013) was the first wife of Bob Hawke, the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. She married him in 1956, and supported him throughout his prime ministership (1983–1991); they divorced in 1995. She worked in social policy areas, and was an amateur pianist and a patron of the arts. After she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, she made public appearances in order to raise awareness of the disease.