On this day, 27 years ago, October 3, 1998 (August 13, 1998 in the lunar calendar), Howard was re-elected as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. Howard was re-elected as Prime Minister of Australia. On October 3, 1998, a vote was held in Australia's federal election. According to the Federal Election Commission's vote count results, the alliance formed by the Australian Liberal Party and the National Party had obtained the "working majority" needed to continue to govern. The current Federal Prime Minister John Howard was re-elected. Howard delivered a speech to supporters that night, thanking them for their support for the government's economic reforms. He said victory for re-election was nothing short of a political statement: a party brave enough to introduce major reforms had won over a "campaign of intimidation." National elections in Australia are held every three years. The Howard government announced an early election when it was two and a half years in office. Australia Prime Minister John Howard, who won re-election, announced the list of new governments for his second term on October 17. Compared with the first government, there was little change. Attachment: Howard's resume Howard was born on July 26, 1939 in a not-rich family in Sydney. His father was a veteran soldier in World War I and admired Winston Churchill very much, so he gave his son the middle name of "Winston". When his father passed away, he had just turned 16 years old, and the legacy he left was the virtue of hard work and a tenacious spirit. When he was in high school, Howard's favorites were Latin, English and history. Latin, he said, helps train the brain; English gave him the talent for eloquence; History taught him the ability to bend, stretch, and be philosophical with the times. These have benefited him a lot from his bumpy career for half of his life. After graduating from the University of Sydney with a law degree, Howard opened his own law firm. However, he was more enthusiastic about politics, so he joined the Liberal Party and was elected chairman of the NSW Youth Liberal Party. But his efforts to run for state legislator were thwarted, and this was the first time he tasted frustration. In 1974 he rose to the top and was elected to the Federal Assembly. The following year, the Liberal Party came to power, and he rose to become Minister of Consumer Affairs, Minister of Special Trade and Minister of the Treasury. He served as Treasury Secretary in Fraser's government for five years. During this period, he was the first to propose privatization and deregulation, opening up financial markets and labor markets. Unfortunately, in the 1983 general election, the Liberal Party lost. He was later elected as the leader of the coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party, and participated in the 1987 general election. However, due to the split of the National Party at a critical moment, he was defeated. Later, he was stripped of leadership during intra-party strife in 1989. In 1993, his efforts to make a comeback within the party were again thwarted. Successive failures prompted him to learn from the pain. He began to observe problems from the perspective of an ordinary person, feel reality, and abandoned some ambitious and unrealistic ideas. "Failure is the mother of success," Howard feels deeply. Howard was not only a caring politician, but also a considerate husband and kind father. He calls his wife at home twice a day from the office to relieve her loneliness. He told reporters at his first press conference after being elected that his eldest son Tim and daughter Melanie are studying at university in Sydney, and his youngest son Richard is in the 10th grade and are both in a critical period of learning. Therefore, he is not currently planning to move his family from Sydney to Canberra. He himself will work in Sydney for most of his time. He appealed for people to understand. Parents in the world are equally loving, and people express sincere sympathy for this. Prime Minister Howard has visited our country many times.