Ralph Willis

The Honourable Ralph Willis AO
Willis c. 1973
Treasurer of Australia
In office 23 December 1993 – 11 March 1996
Prime Minister	Paul Keating
Preceded by	John Dawkins
Succeeded by	Peter Costello
In office 9 December 1991 – 27 December 1991
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke Paul Keating
Preceded by	John Kerin
Succeeded by	John Dawkins
Minister for Finance
In office 27 December 1991 – 23 December 1993
Prime Minister	Paul Keating
Preceded by	Kim Beazley
Succeeded by	Kim Beazley
In office 4 April 1990 – 9 December 1991
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Preceded by	Peter Walsh
Succeeded by	Kim Beazley
Vice-President of the Executive Council
In office 27 May 1992 – 24 March 1993
Preceded by	Graham Richardson
Succeeded by	Frank Walker
Minister for Transport and Communications
In office 2 September 1988 – 4 April 1990
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Preceded by	Gareth Evans
Succeeded by	Kim Beazley
Minister for Industrial Relations
In office 11 March 1983 – 2 September 1988
Prime Minister	Bob Hawke
Preceded by	Ian Macphee
Succeeded by	Peter Morris
Member of the Australian Parliament for Gellibrand
In office 2 December 1972 – 31 August 1998
Preceded by	Hector McIvor
Succeeded by	Nicola Roxon
Personal details
Born	(1938-04-14) 14 April 1938 (age 86) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse	Carol Dawson
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Unionist

Ralph Willis AO (born 14 April 1938) is an Australian former politician who served as a Cabinet Minister during the entirety of the Hawke-Keating government from 1983 to 1996, most notably as Treasurer of Australia from 1993 to 1996 and briefly in 1991. He also served as Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Transport and Communications and Minister for Finance. He represented the Victorian seat of Gellibrand in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1998.