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Chris Marshall
Prime Minister of Australia Treasurer of Australia Member for Forde
Term of office 21 April 2008 - present
Political party	Liberty and Democracy Party of Australia
Preceded by	Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	18 January 1959 (age 49)
Spouse	Aishwarya Marshall (née Rai)
Profession	Lawyer, politician
Religion	Catholicism
Languages	English, Bahasa Indonesia, French, Mandarin, Cantonese, German
Other positions	Treasurer of Australia (1996- ) Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Forde (1984- ) Chairman of the Liberty and Democracy Party of Australia (2005- ) Vice President of the Federal Executive Council (1995-2003) Minister of Defence (1993-1996) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990-1993)

Christopher William Marshall (1959- ) is the 25^th Prime Minister of Australia. He is also the Treasurer.

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Political Views

Marshall is a minarchist. He is opposed to government intervention in most areas of society. He believes that government should confine itself to the enforcement of contracts, defence, law enforcement, and the provision of a basic safety net of social welfare (mainly through the 30/30 tax system).

Marshall is a staunch monarchist, and was behind the revival of the title of Australian Knight in the Order of Australia.

While Treasurer (1996-), Marshall introduced key reforms of the Australian economy. He ended centralised wage fixing, floated the dollar, deregulated the airlines, lowered the tariff wall, reformed taxes and welfare, opened the financial sector to foreign competition.

Key Dates

• December 1 1984: Marshall elected as Member for Forde
• 11 July 1987: 1987 Federal Election; Liberal Democrats become the official opposition. Marshall appointed to the Opposition Frontbench, Shadow Minister of Trade
• 1988: Marshall mounts unsuccessful leadership challenge against Robert Snedden
• 1989: Marshall backs Malcolm Joh Bjelke-Petersen against Snedden, Bjelke-Petersen successful, and appoints Marshall Shadow Minister of Foriegn Affairs
• 24 March 1990: 1990 Federal Election; Liberal Democrats under Bjelke-Petersen defeat the Australian Labor Party (led by Bob Hughes). Marshall commissioned as Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 13 March 1993: 1993 Federal Election; Liberal Democrats gain control of the Senate, Marshall becomes Minister of Defence
• 2 March 1996: 1996 Federal Election; Liberal Democrat majority in House of Reps falls to a 15 seat majority, Marshall becomes Treasurer
• 4 September 2005: Marshall elected Chairman of the Liberty and Democracy Party

Children

• Patrick (1992)
• Caroline (1994)
• Katherine (1997)
• Alexandra (2000)