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First Howard ministry

60th ministry of government of Australia

Field	Value
cabinet_name	First Howard ministry
cabinet_type	Ministry
cabinet_number	60th
jurisdiction	Australia
flag	Flag of Australia.svg
flag_border	true
image	{{multiple image	align=center	border=infobox	caption_align=center	image_style=border:0;	total_width=300
image1	Howard John BANNER.jpg	alt1 = photograph of Howard
caption1	John Howard
image2	Tim Fischer.jpg	alt2 = photograph of Fischer
caption2	Tim Fischer
date_formed	11 March 1996
date_dissolved	21 October 1998
government_head	John Howard
deputy_government_head	Tim Fischer
state_head	Elizabeth II
governor_general	Sir William Deane
members_number	35 (plus 13 Parliamentary Secretaries)
political_party	Liberal–National coalition
legislature_status	Majority government
opposition_party	Labor
opposition_leader	Kim Beazley
election	[2 March 1996](1996-australian-federal-election)
last_election	[3 October 1998](1998-australian-federal-election)
legislature_term	38th
predecessor	Second Keating ministry
successor	Second Howard ministry
state_head_title	Monarch
government_head_title	Prime Minister
deputy_government_head_title	Deputy Prime Minister

The first Howard ministry (Liberal–National coalition) was the 60th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 25th prime minister, John Howard. The first Howard ministry succeeded the second Keating ministry, which dissolved on 11 March 1996 following the federal election that took place on 2 March 1996, which saw the Coalition defeat Paul Keating's Labor Party. The ministry was replaced by the second Howard ministry on 21 October 1998 following the 1998 federal election.{{cite web | access-date =3 February 2012 }}

Cabinet

Party	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
		Liberal	John Howard
(1939–)	[[File:John howard.jpg	100px]]
		Nationals	Tim Fischer
(1946–2019)	[[File:Tim Fischer.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Peter Costello
(1957–)	[[File:Peter Costello.jpg	100px]]
		Nationals	John Anderson
(1956–)	[[File:John Anderson at Newstead (cropped).jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Robert Hill
(1946–)	[[File:Robert Hill (1).jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Richard Alston
(1941–)	[[File:Richard Alston.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Peter Reith
(1950–2022)	[[File:Peter Reith cropped b.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Jocelyn Newman
(1937–2018)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Alexander Downer
(1951–)	[[File:Alexander Downer 1990s.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	John Moore
(1936–2025)	[[File:John Moore 1999.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Ian McLachlan
(1936–)	[[File:Ian McLachlan.jpg	100px]]
		Nationals	John Sharp
(1954–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Michael Wooldridge
(1956–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	John Fahey
(1945–2020)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Amanda Vanstone
(1952–)	[[File:Amanda Vanstone.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	David Kemp
(1941–)	[[File:Kemp photo 2023 2 b.jpg	100px]]
		Nationals	Mark Vaile
(1956–)	[[File:Mark Vaile (TM).jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Daryl Williams
(1942–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]

Outer ministry

Party	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
		Liberal	Philip Ruddock
(1943–)	[[File:Philip Ruddock.jpg	100px]]
		National	Peter McGauran
(1955–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Jim Short
(1936–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Warwick Parer
(1936–2014)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Geoff Prosser
(1948–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Judi Moylan
(1944–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Bronwyn Bishop
(1942–)	[[File:B K Bishop.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Warwick Smith
(1954–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		National	Bruce Scott
(1943–)	[[File:Bruce Scott.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	John Herron
(1932–2019)	[[File:John Herron, AO (1).jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	David Jull
(1944–2011)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Rod Kemp
(1944–)	[[File:Senator Kemp b.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Chris Ellison
(1954–)	[[File:Chris Ellison.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Andrew Thomson
(1961–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Nick Minchin
(1953–)	[[File:Nicholas Hugh Minchin.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Alex Somlyay
(1946–)	[[File:Alex Somlyay.jpg	100px]]
		National	Warren Truss
(1948–)	[[File:Warren Truss DPM.jpg	100px]]

Parliamentary Secretaries

Party	Minister	Portrait	Portfolio
		Liberal	Tony Abbott
(1957–)	[[File:Tony Abbott.jpg	100px]]
		Nationals	David Brownhill
(1935–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Ian Campbell
(1959–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Brian Gibson
(1936–2017)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Chris Miles
(1947–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Country Liberal	Grant Tambling
(1943–2025)	[[File:Grant Tambling.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Bob Woods
(1947–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Michael Ronaldson
(1954–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Ian Macdonald
(1945–)	[[File:Ian Douglas Macdonald.jpg	100px]]
		Liberal	Alan Cadman
(1937–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Trish Worth
(1946–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Kathy Sullivan
(1942–)	[[File:No image.svg	100px]]
		Liberal	Judith Troeth
(1940–)	[[File:Judith Troeth.jpg	100px]]

Notes

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