Peter Costello (disambiguation)

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Peter Costello (born 1957) is a former politician who served as Australian Treasurer from 1996 to 2007.

Peter Costello Australian politician

Peter Howard Costello, AC, is a former Australian politician and lawyer who served as the Treasurer in the Australian Howard Government from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Treasurer in Australia's history. Costello was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2009, representing the Division of Higgins. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007.

Peter Costello may also refer to:

Peter E. Costello American politician

Peter Edward Costello was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.

Peter Costello is an author and editor, described by the American critic Robert Hogan in the Greenwood Dictionary of Irish Literature as “a contemporary embodiment” of the “tradition in Irish literature of the independent scholar, who has an erudition embarrassing to the professional academic”.

Peter Costello is a retired English professional footballer. He played as a striker for clubs in England and Hong Kong. He was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

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Thomas Costello or Tom Costello may refer to:

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