Jeff Kennett

Jeff Kennett
43rd Premier of Victoria
Elections: 1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1999
In office
6 October 1992 – 20 October 1999
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorRichard McGarvie
Sir James Gobbo
DeputyPat McNamara
Preceded byJoan Kirner
Succeeded bySteve Bracks
Leader of the Opposition of Victoria
In office
20 October 1999 – 26 October 1999
Preceded bySteve Bracks
Succeeded byDenis Napthine
In office
23 April 1991 – 6 October 1992
Preceded byAlan Brown
Succeeded byJoan Kirner
In office
5 November 1982 – 23 May 1989
Preceded byLindsay Thompson
Succeeded byAlan Brown
Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party
In office
26 October 1982 – 23 May 1989
Preceded byLindsay Thompson
Succeeded byAlan Brown
In office
23 April 1991 – 26 October 1999
Preceded byAlan Brown
Succeeded byDenis Napthine
Member of the Victorian Parliament
for Burwood
In office
20 March 1976 – 2 November 1999
Preceded byConstituency re-established
Succeeded byBob Stensholt
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Gibb Kennett

(1948-03-02) 2 March 1948 (age 76)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseFelicity Kellar (m. 1972)
ProfessionMedia commentator, former politician
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Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC (born 2 March 1948) is an Australian former politician who served as the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999, Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party from 1982 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1999, and the Member for Burwood from 1976 to 1999.[1] He is currently a media commentator.

He was previously the president of the Hawthorn Football Club, from 2005 to 2011 and again from 2017 to 2022. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national mental health advocacy organisation.[2]

  1. ^ "Jeffrey Gibb Kennett". Parliament of Victoria. Victorian Government. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ "beyondblue". Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2014.