Hazel Hawke | |
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Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia | |
In office 11 March 1983 – 20 December 1991 | |
Preceded by | Tamie Fraser |
Succeeded by | Annita Keating |
Personal details | |
Born | Hazel Susan Masterson 20 July 1929 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Died | 23 May 2013 Hammondville, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 83)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
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.