Second Keating ministry

Second Keating ministry

59th Ministry of Australia
Governor-General Bill Hayden with newly appointed members of the second Keating ministry on 25 March 1994
Date formed24 March 1993
Date dissolved11 March 1996
People and organisations
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor-General
Bill Hayden
Sir William Deane
Prime Minister
Paul Keating
Deputy Prime Minister
Brian Howe
Kim Beazley
No. of ministers
34 (plus 10 Parliamentary Secretaries)
Member party
Labor
Status in legislature
Majority government
Opposition cabinet
Downer
Opposition party
Liberal–National coalition
Opposition leader
John Hewson
Alexander Downer
John Howard
History
Election13 March 1993
Outgoing election
2 March 1996
Legislature term37th
PredecessorFirst Keating ministry
SuccessorFirst Howard ministry

The second Keating ministry (Labor) was the 59th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 24th Prime Minister, Paul Keating. The second Keating ministry succeeded the first Keating ministry, which dissolved on 24 March 1993 following the federal election that took place on 13 March. The ministry was replaced by the first Howard ministry on 11 March 1996 following the federal election that took place on 2 March which saw the Liberal–National Coalition defeat Labor.