First Keating ministry

First Keating ministry
58th Ministry of Australia
Paul Keating Brian Howe
Date formed	20 December 1991
Date dissolved	24 March 1993
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Bill Hayden
Prime Minister	Paul Keating
Deputy Prime Minister	Brian Howe
No. of ministers	31 (plus 8 Parliamentary Secretaries)
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	Liberal–National coalition
Opposition leader	John Hewson
History
Outgoing election	13 March 1993
Legislature term	36th
Predecessor	Fourth Hawke ministry
Successor	Second Keating ministry

This article is part of a series about Paul Keating
Early life President of New South Wales Young Labor Member for Blaxland (1969–1996) Minister for Northern Australia Shadow Minister for Minerals, Resources and Energy Treasurer of Australia Floating the Australian dollar Financial deregulation Deputy Prime Minister of Australia This is a recession that Australia had to have June 1991 Labor Party spill December 1991 Labor Party spill Prime Minister of Australia Term of government (1991–1996) Native Title Act 1993 Redfern Park Speech Superannuation Guarantee Enterprise bargaining Privatisation of Qantas and the Commonwealth Bank Detention centres Creative Nation One Nation Republic Advisory Committee Ministries First Ministry Second Ministry Elections 1993 1996
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The first Keating ministry (Labor) was the 58th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 24th Prime Minister, Paul Keating. The first Keating ministry succeeded the fourth Hawke ministry, which dissolved on 20 December 1991 following the successful leadership challenge by Keating and subsequent resignation of Bob Hawke as Prime Minister. The ministry was replaced by the second Keating ministry on 24 March 1993 following the 1993 federal election.^[1]