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Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and June to September 2013. He held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP) and was the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Griffith from 1998 to 2013.
Under the leadership of Rudd and Gillard, Labor defeated the Liberal/National Coalition at the 2007 federal election by a landslide. The Rudd Ministry was sworn in by Governor-General Michael Jeffery on 3 December, with Rudd becoming the first Labor prime minister in over a decade, and Gillard becoming the first-ever female deputy prime ...
Liberal: 15 September 2015 24 August 2018 2 years, 343 days 2016 [16] 17. 21st Gough Whitlam (1916–2014) Labor: 5 December 1972 11 November 1975 2 years, 341 days 1972, 1974 [17] 18. 26th Kevin Rudd (born 1957) Labor: 3 December 2007 24 June 2010 2 years, 203 days: 2 years, 286 days 2007 [18] 27 June 2013 18 September 2013 83 days 19. 1st Sir ...
Kevin Rudd (b. 1957) MP for Griffith, Qld — (43rd) 27 June 2013 18 September 2013 83 days Labor: 2nd Rudd [39] 28 Tony Abbott (b. 1957) MP for Warringah, NSW: 2013 (44th) 18 September 2013 15 September 2015: 1 year, 362 days Liberal Abbott [41] Sir Peter Cosgrove: 29 Malcolm Turnbull (b. 1954) MP for Wentworth, NSW — 15 September 2015 24 ...
Kevin Rudd (1957– ) Julia Gillard (1961– ) Labor forms a government under Kevin Rudd. 83: 55 10 2 150 Election Year Prime Minister Summary Labor Liberal Nationals Greens Independent Other parties Total seats 43rd 2010 Julia Gillard (1961– ) Kevin Rudd (1957– ) Labor forms a minority government with the support of 3 independents and 1 ...
12% for the Rudd government (2007–2010) 4% nominated the Gillard government (2010–2013) 8% responded as "unsure" In all, 50% of all respondents nominated a Liberal Party government, with 42% nominating the Labor Party. At the time of the survey, the federal government was led by the Labor Party.
Australia's government backed its ambassador to Washington, the former prime minister Kevin Rudd, after U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump called the key diplomat "a little bit nasty" in a ...
The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia, led by Warren Truss, defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a landslide. It was also the third time in history ...