biography
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| (1946– )
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| biography:
| Australian politician and economist, born in Sydney, New South Wales, SE Australia. He studied at the University of Sydney and Johns Hopkins University, USA, worked as a consultant to the International Monetary Fund and to a range of business and industrial concerns, and became professor of economics at the University of New South Wales (1978–87). He entered federal politics in 1987, and was shadow minister for finance (1988–9) and shadow treasurer (1989–90), becoming leader of the Liberal Party in 1990 when Andrew Peacock lost the federal election. He was a strong advocate of neoclassical economics. In 1993, to the surprise of many, the Liberal Party lost their fifth successive federal election. Hewson was replaced as leader in 1994, and served as shadow minister for industry in 1994–5. |
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