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Michael Walter Field (born 28 May 1948 in Latrobe, Tasmania), a former Australian politician, was the Premier of Tasmania between 1989 and 1992. Field is the current Chancellor of the University of Tasmania since January 2013. He was the leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party from 1988 until his retirement in 1996. Field is best known for operating in minority government with the support of the Tasmanian Greens with an agreement known as the Labor–Green Accord. ==Biography== Field grew up on the North-West Coast of Tasmania, and graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science in 1971, where he resided at St. John Fisher College. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Braddon in 1976. He was at various times a cabinet minister, premier and leader of the opposition over twenty years. Since retiring from politics in 1997, Field began working as a management and leadership consultant. In 2003, Field was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for his service to the Parliament of Tasmania. He received a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from the University of Tasmania in 2000 for his service to the state and the university. Field has been chairman of the Tasmanian Innovations Advisory Board since it was established in May 1999. On 3 July 2012, Field was announced as the Chancellor of the University of Tasmania, with effect from January 2013. Field and his wife, Jan, reside on the Tasman Peninsula and they have three children: Emma, Claire and Tom. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Field (Australian politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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