Peter Staples | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | |||||||||||||||||||||
In office 7 May 1990 –24 March 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke Paul Keating | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Himself(as Minister for Housing and Aged Care) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne | 15 October 1947||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||||
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