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FILE PHOTO: Former Australia prime minister Bob Hawke speaks at the 14th Annual Asia Leadership Forum in Bangkok, Thailand June 14, 2005. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo
Hawke, who served as Australian prime minister from 1983 to 1991, enjoyed extraordinary popularity throughout and after leaving office largely due to his loveable rogue character. Belying his trade union connections before being elected to parliament, Hawke ushered in a wave of economic deregulation that turned around an economy languishing in recession and with double-digit unemployment and inflation.
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