Fourth Hawke ministry

Fourth Hawke ministry
57th Ministry of Australia
Bob Hawke Paul Keating
Date formed	4 April 1990
Date dissolved	20 December 1991
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Bill Hayden
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Deputy Prime Minister	Paul Keating Brian Howe
No. of ministers	31 (plus 4 Parliamentary Secretaries)
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Liberal–National coalition
Opposition leader	John Hewson
History
Election	24 March 1990
Legislature term	36th
Predecessor	Third Hawke ministry
Successor	First Keating ministry

This article is part of a series about Bob Hawke
Early life President of the ACTU Member for Wills (1980–1992) Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Employment and Youth 1982 Labor Party Spill 1983 Labor Party Spill June 1991 Labor Party spill December 1991 Labor Party spill Prime Minister of Australia Term of government (1983–1991) Prices and Incomes Accord Floating the Australian dollar Financial deregulation 1984 Australian referendum Medicare Australia Act 1988 Australian referendum Gulf War RCIADIC Ministries First Ministry Second Ministry Third Ministry Fourth Ministry Elections 1983 1984 1987 1990
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The fourth Hawke ministry (Labor) was the 57th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 23rd Prime Minister, Bob Hawke. The fourth Hawke ministry succeeded the third Hawke ministry, which dissolved on 4 April 1990 following the federal election that took place on 24 March. The ministry was replaced by the first Keating ministry on 20 December 1991 following the resignation of Hawke as Prime Minister after a successful leadership challenge by Paul Keating.^[1]