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Malcolm Fraser was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983. Fraser was born on May 21, 1930 in Toorak, Melbourne and grew up on his family’s farms. After graduating from Oxford University, he worked as a grazier on Nareen, his sheep station in western Victoria. In 1955, Fraser entered politics in the seat of Wannon, which he held for 28 years through 11 elections. Fraser became Prime Minister in dramatic circumstances. In 1975, as leader of the Opposition, Fraser blocked passage of Labor’s budget bills in the Senate, resulting in Governor-General Sir John Kerr controversially dismissing the Whitlam Labor Government, and commissioning Fraser as Prime Minister. The Liberal Party won the ensuing election with a historic landslide victory. During his prime ministership Malcolm Fraser encouraged immigration and promoted multiculturalism. His government gave land rights to Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory and established the Australian Human Rights Commission. Fraser resigned from politics after losing the 1983 election to Labor’s new leader Bob Hawke, and he later distanced himself from the Liberal Party. After politics he was involved in the negotiations that ended apartheid in South Africa, became chairman of humanitarian aid organisation Care Australia, and served as president and vice-president of Care International. He passed away on March 20, 2015, aged 84. 


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