Ahern led the state from December 1987 to September 1989 after a prominent stint as a National party minister under Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
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The former Queensland premier Mike Ahern, whose short reign followed Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen and grappled with the fallout from the tumultuous Fitzgerald inquiry, has died aged 81.
Ahern was premier from December 1987 to September 1989 after a prominent stint as a minister under Bjelke-Petersen, who resigned amid the damage from revelations from the inquiry into police corruption.
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