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# Harold Holt

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Rt Hon Harold Holt
17th Prime Minister of Australia
In office
26 January 1966 – 19 December 1967
Came after | Robert Menzies
Came before | John McEwen
Born | 5 August 1908 Sydney, New South Wales
Died | 17 December 1967 Point Nepean, Victoria
Political party | Liberal

Harold Edward Holt (5 August 1908 - 17 December 1967) was the 17th Prime Minister of Australia. He became Prime Minister after the retirement of Robert Menzies. He supported the United States in the Vietnam War. He disappeared while swimming at a beach in Victoria in December 1967. His body was never found.

Prime Ministers of Australia |
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Barton | Deakin | Watson | Reid | Fisher | Cook | Hughes | Bruce | Scullin | Lyons | Page | Menzies | Fadden | Curtin | Forde | Chifley | Holt | McEwen | Gorton | McMahon | Whitlam | Fraser | Hawke | Keating | Howard

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