Keating government

Keating government
In office
20 December 1991 – 11 March 1996
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterPaul Keating
DeputyBrian Howe (1991–1995)
Kim Beazley (1995–1996)
PartyLabor
StatusMajority
OriginKeating wins 1991 Labor leadership spill
DemiseLost 1996 election
PredecessorHawke government
SuccessorHoward government

The Keating government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Paul Keating of the Australian Labor Party from 1991 to 1996. The government followed on from the Hawke government after Paul Keating replaced Bob Hawke as Labor leader in an internal party leadership challenge in 1991. Together, these two governments are often collectively described as the Hawke-Keating government. The Keating government was defeated in the 1996 federal election and was succeeded by John Howard's Coalition government.