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Alexander Downer

Parliamentary Service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Mayo, South Australia, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004. Leader of the Opposition from 23.5.94 to 30.1.95.

Ministerial Appointments

Minister for Foreign Affairs from 11.3.96.

Personal

Born 9.9.1951, Adelaide, SA.

Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament

BA (Hons) (Newcastle-on-Tyne).

Australian Diplomatic Service 1976-82.

Political Adviser to Rt Hon. JM Fraser, Prime Minister 1982-83.

Director, Australian Chamber of Commerce (Canberra Secretariat) 1983-84.

Welcoming Alexander to a new low

Monday, 4 August 2008 - It is not much of a move downwards in public regard from politician to journalist but we should record that any decline in Alexander Downer's standing is the result of his new career as a newspaper columnist. He's there in The Advertiser this morning warning that the failure of the Doha trade talks tells us the major developing countries won't be bullied by Europe or the U.S. to adopt targets to reduce CO2 emissions and to introduce a raft of new anti-competitive climate change taxes. So if the West wants a deal on climate change, writes the retired Foreign Minister, it had better start thinking about a different model from the new Kyoto model it's pushing at the moment

Title : Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Party : Liberal Party of Australia

Parliament House Contact

Tel: (02) 6277 7500
Fax: (02) 6273 4112

Email : A.Downer.MP@aph.gov.au

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