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Autographed President Bill Clinton Photo with/to Andrew Sharp Peacock. Authentic<br>White house photo from the Living Estate of Australian Ambassador Penne Korth<br>Peacock, Wife of Andrew Sharp Peacock. I cannot explain why the signature is<br>faded, maybe an accident, maybe sun, maybe a change in political views? Not<br>sure, but This is an official White House Photo of the president and an<br>Australian Politician/diplomat given to him while in office and signed by the<br>President. It's in a simple frame behind glass and I will keep it that way to<br>preserve it. The photo is 8" x 10".<br><br>Andrew Sharp Peacock AC GCL (13 February 1939 – 16 April 2021) was an Australian<br>politician and diplomat. He served as a cabinet minister and went on to become<br>leader of the Liberal Party on two occasions (1983–1985 and 1989–1990), leading<br>the party to defeat at the 1984 and 1990 elections.<br><br>Peacock was born in Melbourne and attended Elsternwick Primary School and Scotch<br>College before studying law at the University of Melbourne. A former president<br>of the Young Liberals, he was elected to Parliament at the age of 27, filling<br>the blue-ribbon seat of Kooyong, vacated by Sir Robert Menzies. Peacock was<br>appointed to cabinet in 1969 by John Gorton and later served under William<br>McMahon and Malcolm Fraser. He held a variety of portfolios, most notably<br>serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1975 to 1980. He unsuccessfully<br>challenged Fraser for the Liberal leadership in 1982, but was then elected as<br>Fraser's successor following the party's defeat at the 1983 election.<br><br>At the 1984 election, the Peacock-led Coalition slightly reduced the Labor<br>Party's majority. He resigned the Liberal leadership the following year after<br>failing to have his deputy John Howard removed; he was duly replaced by Howard.<br>He remained a member of the shadow cabinet, and in 1987 unsuccessfully<br>challenged Howard for the leadership; he was instead elected deputy leader.<br>Peacock returned as leader in 1989. However, his second term lasted less than a<br>year, as he resigned after another electoral defeat in 1990; he had won the<br>popular vote but failed to win enough seats. Peacock left politics in 1994 and<br>was later appointed Ambassador to the United States, serving from 1997 to 1999.<br><br>b1
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