FRASER, JOHN MALCOLM (AUSTRALIA)

Approved for Release: 2021/08/25 C06893592 AUSTRALIA Minister for Education and Science John Malcolm FRASER Malcolm Fraser, formerly Minister for the Army, was named Minister for Education and Science in February 1968 to succeed John Gorton, who had been selected Prime Minister the previous month. Frasees appointment was not necessarily considered a promotion, but his elevation to the inner cabinet marked him as one of the two most notable younger men in the Liberal Party (LP) parliamentary grou...