(Bob Hawke) was Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991

(Bob Hawke) was Prime Minister of Australia from 1983  to 1991 . With eight years in office, he was Australia’s longest-serving Labor Prime Minister and the third longest-serving Prime Minister of any party. He became Prime Minister after only two years in parliament, and only one month as Leader of the Opposition.

Life before Politics
Bob Hawke was born on 9 December 1929 at Border town , South Australia. His father Clem was a Congregationalist minister and his mother Ellie was a teacher 
He was educated at Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia, where he graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts . He was Western Australia's Rhodes Scholar of 1953 and studied at Oxford University from 1953 to 1955, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Letters. His thesis was on wage-fixing in Australia.

Life after Politics
Since resigning from Federal politics Hawke has been a successful businessperson in property, a consultant for  international negotiations and business and a journalist for Channel Nine and various newspapers. In August 1994 he published The Hawke Memoirs.
He was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Research Schools of Pacific Studies and Social Sciences at the Australian National University.