What is Gareth Evans (politician)?
[[File:Gareth Evans University of Melbourne.jpg|thumb|200px|Gareth Evans]] '''Gareth John Evans''' {{Small|[[Companion of the Order of Australia|AC]] [[Queens Counsel|QC]]}} (born 5 September 1944) is an [[Australia]]n politician, academic and lawyer. He is a member of the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]]. From 1978 to 1996, Evans was a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. Evans was [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)|Leader of the Government in the Senate]] from 1993 to 1996. He served as a [[Cabinet of Australia|cabinet]] minister in the [[Bob Hawke|Hawke]] and [[Paul Keating|Keating]] governments from 1983 to 1996 as [[Attorney-General for Australia|Attorney-General]] (1983–1984), [[Minister for Resources and Energy (Australia)|Minister for Resources and Energy]] (1984–1987), [[Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (Australia)|Minister for Transport and Communications]] (1987–1988) and most notably as [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (1988–1996). He was also a member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] for the [[Division of Holt]] from 1996 to 1999. He was the deputy leader of the Labor Party and the [[Leader of the Opposition (Australia)|Opposition]] from 1998 to 1999. After leaving politics, Evans was president and [[chief executive officer]] of the [[International Crisis Group]] from 2000 to 2009. He also served as [[chancellor]] of the [[Australian National University]] (ANU) from 2010 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/julie-bishop-to-replace-gareth-evans-as-anu-chancellor-20190801-p52cwk|title=Julie Bishop to replace Gareth Evans as ANU chancellor|author=Bolton, Robert|work=The Australian Financial Review|date=1 August 2019|access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref> Evans was born in [[Melbourne, Victoria]]. He married Merran in 1969. The couple have two children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gevans.org/biography.html|title=Gareth