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 TasmanianLabor 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.