Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Former Premier of Queensland
Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG was a conservative Australian politician. He was the longest-serving and longest-lived premier of Queensland, holding office from 1968 to 1987, during which time the state underwent considerable economic... Wikipedia
Born: January 13, 1911, Dannevirke, New Zealand
Died: April 23, 2005 (age 94 years), Kingaroy, Australia
Spouse: Florence Bjelke-Petersen (m. 1952–2005)
Party: National Party of Australia
Organization founded: Australian Conservative Party
Nationality: Australian
Books: Government Policy Speech Delivered at Rockhampton, May 3, 1972, Feeding the Chooks: A Selection of Well-known Sayings of Former Queensland Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen in His Career of Almost 41 Years as a Politician : Farmyard Politics, Report by the Honourable W.J. Carter, QC, on His Inquiry Into the Selection of the Jury for the Trial of Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, and more