Brian Leslie Howe AO is a retired Australian politician and Uniting Church minister. He served as the eighth deputy prime minister of Australia and the deputy leader of the Labor Party from 1991 to 1995, under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating. Wikipedia
Born: 1936 (age 88 years), Melbourne, Australia
Previous offices: Minister for Regional Development of Australia (1994–1996), Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories of Australia (1993–1994), Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1991–1995), and more
Spouse: Renate Howe (m. 1962)
Party: Australian Labor Party
Books: Visitron: The Language of Meetings and Negotiations : Handbook, Reform of Social Security Policies and Administration, 1983-1990, Renewing the Commonwealth: The Tenth Sambell Memorial Oration Delivered by Brian Howe MP, Minister for Community Services and Health and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Justice, on 2 December 1990 at the 60th Foundation Festival of the Brotherhood of St Laurence, and more
Education: The University of Melbourne
Preceded byNeal Blewett (community services and health) Peter Staples (housing): Minister for Community Services and Health; 1990–1991