Robert Hill (Australian politician)

Robert Hill
Senator for South Australia
In office
1 July 1981 – 15 March 2006
Preceded bySir Condor Laucke
Succeeded byCory Bernardi
Minister for Defence
In office
12 November 2001 – 27 January 2006
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byPeter Reith
Succeeded byBrendan Nelson
Minister for the Environment
In office
11 March 1996 – 12 November 2001
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byJohn Faulkner (as Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories)
Succeeded byDavid Kemp
Leader of the Government in the Senate
In office
11 March 1996 – 20 January 2006
Preceded byGareth Evans
Succeeded byNick Minchin
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
In office
3 April 1990 – 11 March 1996
Preceded byFred Chaney
Succeeded byJohn Faulkner
Chancellor of the University of Adelaide
In office
26 July 2010 – 25 July 2014
Preceded byJohn von Doussa
Succeeded byRear Admiral Kevin Scarce
Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
In office
27 March 2006 – May 2009
Preceded byCaroline Millar (acting)
Succeeded byGary Quinlan
Personal details
Born (1946-09-25) 25 September 1946 (age 78)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
SpouseDiana Marie Hill (née Jacka)
ChildrenVictoria Hill (daughter)

Robert Murray Hill AC (born 25 September 1946) is a retired Australian politician. He is an adjunct professor in Sustainability and Co-Director of the Alliance 21 project at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He is also a Commissioner of the Global Ocean Commission.[1]

  1. ^ http://www.globaloceancommission.org/ Global Ocean Commission website