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Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005) was a conservative Australian politician. He was the longest-serving and longest-lived premier of Queensland, holding office from 1968 to 1987, during which time the state underwent considerable economic development.
3 de may. de 2019 · Joh Bjelke-Petersen was Queensland's longest-serving premier, but also a controversial figure who faced corruption allegations and split the federal Coalition in 1987. Learn how his rigid control, anti-democratic stance and repressive policies shaped Queensland's history and politics.
1 de dic. de 2014 · Watch highlights from this week's episode of "A Country Road" looking at the National Party during the 80s and 90s as the party faces gun control, Joh for PM, Pauline Hanson and the birth of the...
1 de ene. de 2018 · Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's political career ended in 1987, and the release of Queensland cabinet documents shed light on the former state premier's abrupt demise amid corruption allegations after a ...
8 de may. de 2013 · The longest serving Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, interview and documentary with reporter George Negus.
Joh Bjelkie-Petersen was the most controversial Queenslander of the twentieth century. Premier of the state from 1968 to 1987, he was a staunch Lutheran lay preacher who presided over an era of unparalleled political corruption in Queensland.
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who died today at age 94, occupies a unique place in Australian political history. No other premier inspired such deep affection and equally great loathing among his own constituency and the nation. His death today ends a stormy and at times quite surreal period in Australia's political history.
