What is John Howard?
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = <small>[[The Honourable]]</small> | name= John Howard |honorific-suffix = <br><small>[[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Companion of the Order of Australia|AC]] [[Star of the Solomon Islands|SSI]]</small> | image=Howard John BANNER.jpg | caption= Howard {{circa}} 2001 |monarch = [[Elizabeth II]] |governor-general = [[William Deane|Sir William Deane]]<br>[[Peter Hollingworth]]<br>[[Michael Jeffery]] |deputy = [[Tim Fischer]]<br>[[John Anderson (Australian politician)|John Anderson]]<br>[[Mark Vaile]] |office=25th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] |term_start=11 March 1996 |term_end= 3 December 2007 |predecessor=[[Paul Keating]] | successor=[[Kevin Rudd]] |party=[[Liberal Party (Australia)|Liberal]] |office1=29th [[Treasurer of Australia]] |primeminister1=[[Malcolm Fraser]] |term_start1=19 November 1977 |term_end1=11 March 1983 |predecessor1=[[Phillip Lynch]] |successor1=[[Paul Keating]] |office2 = 22nd [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Leader of the Opposition]] |deputy2 = [[Neil Brown (Australian politician)|Neil Brown]]<br>[[Andrew Peacock]] |term_start2 = 5 September 1985 |term_end2 = 9 May 1989 |predecessor2 = [[Andrew Peacock]] |successor2 = [[Andrew Peacock]] |deputy3 = [[Peter Costello]] |term_start3 = 30 January 1995 |term_end3 = 11 March 1996 |predecessor3 = [[Alexander Downer]] |successor3 = [[Kim Beazley]] |constituency_MP4 = [[Division of Bennelong|Bennelong]] |parliament4 = Australian |term_start4 = 18 May 1974 |term_end4 = 24 November 2007 |predecessor4 = [[John Cramer (Australian politician)|John Cramer]] |successor4 = [[Maxine McKew]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|7|26|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] |death_date = |death_place = |otherparty = [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] |spouse = [[Janette Ho