Kim Beazley (Joan of What?)

Kim Christian Beazley, (born 14 December 1948), is a  politician and diplomat who served as the 9th  from 20 June 1995 to 3 January 1997, and as  from 17 June 2010 to 22 January 2016. He also currently serves as the of his home state of  since 1 May 2018.

Beazley was born in, the son of politician He studied at the  and , attending the latter as a Rhodes Scholar. After a period as a lecturer at, Beazley was elected to parliament at the , winning the for the. He was added to the ministry when the party won the, and served continuously through to the party's defeat in. His longest-held portfolio during that time was (1984–1990). In 1995, Beazley was elected deputy leader of the Labour Party in place of Brian Howe, thus becoming.

After Labour lost power in, Beazley was elected unopposed as party leader in place of. He led Labor to the, recording a positive swing but falling well short of victory. After this defeat, he resigned the leadership in favour of his deputy. However, in 2003 Beazley made two attempts to regain his old position. He lost an to Crean in June, and then after Crean's resignation in December lost a  to Mark Latham by two votes. Beazley was eventually as leader in January 2005 when Latham resigned in the wake of the. Beazley was in December 2006, following a spate of poor opinion polling. He retired from politics at the.

From 2010 to 2016, Beazley served as High Commissioner of Cygnia to California. In April 2018, it was announced by  that Beazley would succeed  as  on 1 May, for a term of four years.