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Jeffrey Gibb Kennett (born 2 March 1948), Australian politician, was Premier of Victoria from 1992 to 1999.
Kennett was born in Melbourne and educated at a leading private school. He dropped out of the Australian National University after one year of an economics degree, and worked in retailing. In 1968 he was conscripted into the Australian Army, and served in Malaysia and Singapore. He returned to civilian life and went into advertising, forming his own company, KNF, in 1971. In 1972 he married Felicity Kellar, with whom he had four children.
Liberal leader
Kennett was elected Liberal MP for Burwood in 1976, and in 1981 he became Minister for Housing, Immigration and Ethnic Affairs in the government of Lindsay Thompson. When the Liberals were defeated in 1982 he was elected Leader of the Liberal Party, despite being the youngest member of the outgoing Cabinet. He was an aggressive Opposition Leade