Jeff Kennett
Jeff Kennett | |
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Kennett in 2008 | |
| 43rd Premier of Victoria | |
| In office 6 October 1992 – 20 October 1999 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Richard McGarvie Sir James Gobbo |
| Deputy | Pat McNamara |
| Preceded by | Joan Kirner |
| Succeeded by | Steve Bracks |
| Leader of the Opposition of Victoria | |
| In office 20 October 1999 – 26 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Bracks |
| Succeeded by | Denis Napthine |
| In office 23 April 1991 – 6 October 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Brown |
| Succeeded by | Joan Kirner |
| In office 5 November 1982 – 23 May 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Lindsay Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Alan Brown |
| Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party | |
| In office 26 October 1982 – 23 May 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Lindsay Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Alan Brown |
| In office 23 April 1991 – 26 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Brown |
| Succeeded by | Denis Napthine |
| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Burwood | |
| In office 20 March 1976 – 2 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency re-established |
| Succeeded by | Bob Stensholt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jeffrey Gibb Kennett 2 March 1948 |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Felicity Kellar (m. 1972) |
| Profession | Media commentator, former politician |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burwood (1976–1999)
Premier of Victoria
1992–1999
Elections
President of Hawthorn Football Club
2005–2011, 2018–2021
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Jeffrey Gibb Kennett (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. He is currently a media commentator.
Kennett 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.