Peter Costello

Peter Howard Costello, AC (born 14 August 1957), is an Australian former politician and lawyer who served as the Treasurer in the Australian Howard Government from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Treasurer in Australia's history. Costello was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2009, representing the Division of Higgins. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007.

On 18 September 2008, Costello was appointed as chairman of the World Bank's new Independent Advisory Board (IAB) to provide advice on anti-corruption measures.

Early life

Costello was born on 14 August 1957 in Melbourne into a middle-class family of practising Christians. He was the second of three children: his elder brother, Tim Costello, is a prominent Baptist minister and current CEO of World Vision Australia. Costello was educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School and Monash University, where he studied arts and law, graduating with honours in 1982. Costello is a descendant of Leitrim, Ireland-born publican and disgraced politician Patrick Costello, who was expelled from the Parliament of Victoria.

Peter Costello (footballer)

Peter Costello (born 31 October 1969) is a retired English professional footballer. He played as a striker for clubs in England and Hong Kong. He was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

Career

Hong Kong

In September 1995 he moved to Hong Kong, joining Mansion FC. He celebrated Christmas by scoring the equaliser in the club's 1-1 draw with Golden on Christmas Day before linking up with Instant-Dict FC for the second stage of the season. He was released by Instant-Dict FC ahead of the 1996-97 season

Bradford City (1988–90) 20 apps 2 goals

Rochdale FC (1990) 34 apps 10 goals

Peterborough United (1990–92) 8 apps 0 goals

Lincoln City FC (loan) (1992) 3 apps 0 goal

Lincoln City FC (1992–94) 38 apps 7 goals

Dover Athletic (1994)

Kettering Town (1994) 6 apps 4 goals

Mansion FC (1995)

Instant-Dict FC (1996) 4 goals

Golden (1996–97) ? apps 2 goals

Kettering Town (1997–98)

Boston United (1998–2003) 18 apps 0 goals

Stevenage Borough (2003–04) 15 apps 1 goal

Cambridge City (2004-???)

Peter Costello (author)

Peter Costello (3 April 1946, Dublin) is an author and editor, described by the American critic Robert Hogan in the Greenwood Dictionary of Irish Literature as “a contemporary embodiment” of the “tradition in Irish literature of the independent scholar, who has an erudition embarrassing to the professional academic”.

Personal life

Peter Costello is the youngest son of James C. Costello, a consulting engineer, later professor emeritus of architecture at the University of Michigan, and his wife Margaret. He was educated in Dublin by the Jesuits at Gonzaga College and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1969. After some years abroad in the United States of America, England, and elsewhere, he returned to Ireland in 1975. He now lives in Dublin, with frequent visits to France and other countries. He is married with two sons.

Work

He has written, edited, or contributed to some thirty-seven books; and his interests have been extraordinarily wide-ranging—from Irish cultural, political and business histories, to books on animal mythology, research on the Piltdown Man hoax of 1912, and books on Jules Verne and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Peter Costello (disambiguation)

Peter Costello (born 1957) is a former politician who served as Australian Treasurer from 1996 to 2007.

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