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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.
Clockwise from upper left: Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan, and Lindsay Tanner. The Strategic Priorities Budget Committee (SPBC), better known as the Gang of Four , was a political strategic grouping within the Australian Labor Party , comprising then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd , his deputy Julia Gillard , Treasurer Wayne Swan and Finance ...
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 ...
Kevin Rudd, who had successfully re-contested his seat at the election, accepted an offer to become minister for foreign affairs. [25] Rudd regained the leadership, and the prime ministership, at the June 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership spill, shortly before Labor lost government at the 2013 Australian federal election.
Australia's ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, cautioned in a speech that the global consequences of a war over Taiwan would be as great as the impact of the Second World War, making the ...
The first Rudd ministry was the 64th ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 26th Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.The first Rudd ministry succeeded the Fourth Howard Ministry, which dissolved on 3 December 2007 following the federal election that took place on 24 November which saw Labor defeat John Howard's Liberal–National Coalition.
The second Rudd ministry was the 67th ministry of the Australian government, led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. It succeeded the second Gillard ministry after a leadership spill within the Australian Labor Party that took place on 26 June 2013. Three members of the ministry were sworn in by Governor-General Quentin Bryce on 27 June 2013.
The election of Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister of Australia was seen as favorable to China-Australian relations, notably in view of the fact that he was the first Australian Prime Minister to speak fluent Mandarin, and that closer engagement with Asia was one of the "Three Pillars" of his foreign policy.