Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

The deputy prime minister of Australia is the deputy chief executive and the second highest ranking officer of the Australian Government. The office of deputy prime minister was officially created as a ministerial portfolio in 1968, although the title had been used informally for many years previously. The deputy prime minister is appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister. When Australia has a Labor government, the deputy leader of the parliamentary party holds the position of deputy prime minister. When Australia has a Coalition government, the Coalition Agreement mandates that all Coalition members support the leader of the Liberal Party becoming prime minister and the leader of the National Party becoming the deputy prime minister.

14 December 1948

Born on the same birth date (14 December 1948): Boudewijn Büch • Dee Wallace • Lester Bangs • Peeter Kreitzberg

Born on the same birth day (14 December): Aphra Behn • Archie Kao • Bob Paris • December 14 • Hanni Wenzel • James T. Aubrey • Jamie Peacock • Jane Cowl • Liam Lawrence • Michaela Watkins • Rocc (opera stage director) • Steve MacLean (astronaut)

Born in the same month (December 1948): Candy Crowley • Cassandra Harris • Charlie Scott (basketball) • Dee Wallace • George Foster (baseball) • Jim Ferguson • John Roskelley • John Waters (actor) • Ken Brown (ice hockey) • Mimmo Paladino • Peeter Kreitzberg • Rick Nielsen • Southside Johnny