Kevin Rudd

26th Prime Minister of Australia · Australia · Politicians · Born 1957 · age 69

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Australia's only prime minister to serve two separate terms nearly three years apart - he won a landslide in 2007, was knifed by his own deputy in 2010, clawed his way back in 2013, then lost the general election two months later.

A life in dates

2023Named Australian Ambassador to the United States of AmericaOfficefrom 20 March 20232019Companion of the Order of AustraliaAward2013Named Commonwealth Chair-in-OfficeOffice27 June to 18 September 2013Named Prime Minister of AustraliaOffice3 December 2007 to 24 June 20102010Named Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)Office14 September 2010 to 22 February 2012“There's nothing like having a bit of somebody else in you.”In their words24 June 2010When speaking about organ transplants in his final address as Prime Minister on 24 June 2010.Read the whole statement

2009“It is unlikely that you'll have anything emerge from MEF (Major Economies Forum) by way of detailed programmatic specificity.”In their wordsAddressing the German press and Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, 2009Read the whole statement

2007Named Prime Minister of AustraliaOffice3 December 2007 to 24 June 20102006“Everyone's entitled to their point of view but that's seriously a weird one.”In their wordsResponse to Liberal MP Danna Vale's comment that Australia's rising abortion rate indicated that it might become a Muslim nation in 50Read the whole statement

“If he has any self-respect he would resign over this matter, the negligence is so gross.”In their wordsRegarding then deputy prime minister Mark Vaile's evidence at the Cole Inquiry, following the Australian Wheat Board's 'oil for food'Read the whole statement

“We have seen this complete right wing takeover of modern liberalism, and it is an ugly spectacle to behold.”In their wordsRudd's first speech as Labor leaderRead the whole statement

“When you analyse it carefully, it is about a family’s ability to stay together and have time together.”In their wordsRudd's first speech as Labor leaderRead the whole statement

1998Named Member of the Australian House of RepresentativesOffice3 October 1998 to 22 November 20131957Born21 September 1957

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Rudd in November 2005

Rudd and Julia Gillard at their first press conference as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, 4 December 2006

Front page of the Northern Territory News announcing Rudd's win, 25 November 2007

Rudd attending a United Nations summit on climate change, September 2009

Rudd and US president Barack Obama at a G20 meeting, September 2009

Rudd on television in Federation Square, Melbourne, apologising to the stolen generations

In their own words 10

Kevin Rudd

10 statements, newest first

There's nothing like having a bit of somebody else in you.
Jun 24, 2010, When speaking about organ transplants in his final address as Prime Minister on 24 June 2010., Own words
It is unlikely that you'll have anything emerge from MEF (Major Economies Forum) by way of detailed programmatic specificity.
2009, Addressing the German press and Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, 2009, Own words
I actually believe in a big Australia - I make no apology for that. I actually think it's good news that our population is growing.
2009, 2009, Own words

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Awards

Companion of the Order of Australia2019

In their orbit

Spouse: Thérèse Rein

About this person

Born on the Sunshine Coast in 1957, Rudd graduated with honours in Chinese studies from the Australian National University in 1981 and became fluent in Mandarin, working as a diplomat and public servant before entering parliament in 1998. He toppled Kim Beazley in a leadership spill in December 2006 and swept Labor to power in 2007, ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, apologising to Indigenous Australians for the Stolen Generations, and steering the country through the 2008 financial crisis with stimulus packages that made Australia one of the few developed nations to sidestep recession. By 2010 his caucus support had collapsed over stalled climate legislation, and his deputy Julia Gillard challenged and replaced him in June - Rudd stayed on as Foreign Minister until resigning in February 2012 to mount an unsuccessful challenge, then defeated Gillard in a final ballot in June 2013 to reclaim the top job. Labor lost the September 2013 election after his two-month second stint, and Rudd left parliament, completed a DPhil at Oxford in 2022, and served as Australia's ambassador to the United States from 2023 to 2026.

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