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Kevin Rudd | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Rudd in 2023 | |
| 23rd Ambassador of Australia to the United States | |
| Assumed office 20 March 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Arthur Sinodinos |
| 26th Prime Minister of Australia | |
| In office 27 June 2013 – 18 September 2013 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Quentin Bryce |
| Deputy | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Julia Gillard |
| Succeeded by | Tony Abbott |
| In office 3 December 2007 – 24 June 2010 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governors General |
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| Deputy | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | John Howard |
| Succeeded by | Julia Gillard |
| Leader of the Labor Party | |
| In office 26 June 2013 – 13 September 2013 | |
| Deputy | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Julia Gillard |
| Succeeded by | Bill Shorten |
| In office 4 December 2006 – 24 June 2010 | |
| Deputy | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
| Succeeded by | Julia Gillard |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 4 December 2006 – 3 December 2007 | |
| Deputy | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
| Succeeded by | Brendan Nelson |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 14 September 2010 – 22 February 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Stephen Smith |
| Succeeded by | Bob Carr |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Griffith | |
| In office 3 October 1998 – 22 November 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Graeme McDougall |
| Succeeded by | Terri Butler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kevin Michael Rudd 21 September 1957 Nambour, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
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| Website | Official website |
| Nickname | Kevin 07[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | China’s New Marxist Nationalism: Defining Xi Jinping’s Ideological Worldview (2022) |
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Kevin Michael Rudd AC (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 Australian Labor Party (ALP). Rudd has been serving as the 23rd and current ambassador of Australia to the United States since 2023.[2]
Born in Nambour, Queensland, Rudd graduated from the Australian National University with honours in Chinese studies, and is fluent in Mandarin. Before politics, he worked as a diplomat and public servant for the Queensland state government of Wayne Goss. Rudd was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998 federal election, as a member of parliament (MP) for Griffith. Promoted to the shadow cabinet in 2001 as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, and assumed leadership of the Labor Party in December 2006 by defeating Kim Beazley in a leadership spill, becoming leader of the opposition. Rudd led Labor to a landslide victory at the 2007 election; his government's earliest acts included ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and delivering the first national apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples for the Stolen Generations. His government responded to the financial crisis of 2007–2008, implementing economic stimulus packages that resulted in Australia becoming one of the only developed countries to avoid the Great Recession. Rudd's government also oversaw the establishment of the National Broadband Network (NBN), the launch of the Digital Education Revolution and the Building the Education Revolution, dismantled WorkChoices, and withdrew Australian troops from the Iraq War.
By 2010, Rudd's leadership faltered due to a loss of support among the Labor caucus and failure to pass key legislation like Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. In June 2010, Rudd resigned as prime minister after his deputy Julia Gilard challenged him in a leadership spill. He was replaced by Gillard as prime minister, who later appointed him as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in her government. Leadership tensions between Rudd and Gillard would continue, leading to Rudd resigning as Foreign Minister in February 2012 to unsuccessfully challenge her for the leadership of the party. After a lengthy political rivalry between the two, Rudd defeated Gillard in a final leadership ballot in June 2013, becoming prime minister for the second time. However, Labor were defeated in the 2013 election, ending his second term after only two months.
Rudd retired from parliament following the election, but has stayed active in political discourse and academia. He has been involved in a number of international organizations, advocating for issues such as China-United States relations and Australian media diversity, and was appointed as Australia's Ambassador to the U.S. by the Albanese government in March 2023.
Rudd maintained long periods of popularity in opinion polls during his initial tenure as prime minister for his management of the global financial crisis and his well renowned apology to the Indigenous community,[3][4][5] acheiving some of the highest approval ratings for an Australian prime minister on record during the height of the financial crisis.[6][7] However, he would see a rapid decrease in popularity after his failed handling of legislative negotiations, ultimately leading to the demise of his premiership. The circumstances of his removal from office have remained controversial; his supporters have decried the undemocratic nature of his ousting, while critics have accused him of an autocratic and flawed leadership style.[8][9][10][11] He is often ranked in the middle-to-lower tier of Australian prime ministers.[12][13][14]
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- ^ "Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd appointed ambassador to the US". the Guardian. 20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 14 June 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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- ^ Mao, Frances (13 February 2018). "Australia's apology to Stolen Generations: 'It gave me peace'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ Marr, David (27 June 2013). "Kevin Rudd: a man for the party but not a party man". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ "Kevin Rudd's polling since 2006". Australian Financial Review. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ Coorey, Philip (30 March 2009). "The Rudd supremacy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ Soutphommasane, Tim (24 June 2010). "Why Labor ditched Kevin Rudd". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ Marr, David (7 June 2010). "We need to talk about Kevin ... Rudd, that is". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
- ^ "Kevin Rudd's successes and failures". Australian Financial Review. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ Knott, Matthew (14 November 2013). "The Rudd years: highs and lows". Crikey. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ Mackerras, Malcolm (25 June 2010). "Ranking Australia's prime ministers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Strangio, Paul (2013). "Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The Australian Experience". In Strangio, Paul; 't Hart, Paul; Walter, James (eds.). Understanding Prime-Ministerial Performance: Comparative Perspectives. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199666423.
- ^ Strangio, Paul (February 2022). "Prime-ministerial leadership rankings: the Australian experience". Australian Journal of Political Science. 57 (2): 180–198. doi:10.1080/10361146.2022.2040426. S2CID 247112944. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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