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): Alan Kulwicki • Amber Chia • C.-H. Hermansson • Chris Waddle • David R. Harris (geographer) • Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia • Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham • Hans von Ohain • John Du Prez • Jorge Vaca • Louis Marshall • Michael Ovitz • Michael Owen • Mohamed Saad (actor) • Nonami Takizawa • Raj Kapoor • Robert Covington • Santiago Ezquerro • Ted Raimi • Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1985) • Xul Solar

Born in the same month (December 1948): Antonín Panenka • Barbara Mandrell • Boudewijn Büch • Cassandra Harris • David Davis (British politician) • Elizabeth Berg (author) • Jean-Paul Ngoupandé • Jessica Cleaves • Laurent Voulzy • Lillian Board • Merry Clayton • Ozzy Osbourne • Rick Wohlhuter