Kevin Michael Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd
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b. 1957 · 69 years old

Born 21 September 1957 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia

Living Senior China Consultant for the accounting firm KPMG Australia, between leaving the Queensland public service and entering federal parliament.

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AR Albert Edward Rudd 1918–1969 father

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TR Therese Rein b. 1958 m. 1981

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1950s
Born 21 September 1957

Nambour, Queensland, Australia
1960s
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Death of father Albert Edward Rudd 12 February 1969

Queensland, Australiaaged 50
1980s
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Occupation (Diplomat, Department of Foreign Affairs) 1981–1988

Rudd joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1981 as a graduate trainee. His first posting was as Third Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Stockholm from November 1981 to December 1983. In 1984 he was appointed Second Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Beijing and promoted to First Secretary in 1985. He returned to Canberra in 1987.

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Graduated (BA (Hons), Australian National University) 1981

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Graduated from the Australian National University in 1981 with honours in Chinese studies.

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Married to Therese Rein 1981

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Kevin Rudd and Thérèse Rein married in 1981, soon after graduating from the Australian National University, where they had met in their first year as residents of Burgmann College and members of the Student Christian Movement. They were married at St John the Baptist Church, Reid, in Canberra. Year only: no source consulted gives a day or month.

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Occupation (Chief of Staff to Wayne Goss) 1988–1991

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Chief of staff to Wayne Goss, first as Queensland Opposition Leader and, from Goss's election as Premier in 1989, as Premier.

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1990s
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Occupation (Director-General of the Cabinet Office, Queensland) 1991–1995

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Head of the Queensland Office of Cabinet under the Goss government. He presided over a number of reforms, including development of a national program for teaching foreign languages in schools, and chaired a working group whose report is frequently cited as "the Rudd Report".

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Occupation (Senior China Consultant, KPMG Australia) 1996–1998

Senior China Consultant for the accounting firm KPMG Australia, between leaving the Queensland public service and entering federal parliament.

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Member for Griffith, House of Representatives 3 October 1998 – 22 November 2013

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Elected to the House of Representatives for the Queensland division of Griffith in 1998 and re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013, sitting for the Australian Labor Party. Griffith covers eastern Brisbane. He resigned from parliament on 22 November 2013.

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2000s
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Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs 25 November 2001 – 10 December 2006

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Opposition spokesman on foreign affairs and a member of the shadow cabinet. He also held the shadow portfolios of International Security from 8 December 2003 and Trade from 24 June 2005, both until 10 December 2006.

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Leader of the Opposition 4 December 2006 – 3 December 2007

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament, having been elected Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party on 4 December 2006. He led Labor to victory at the 2007 federal election.

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Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party 4 December 2006 – 24 June 2010

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

First term as federal parliamentary leader of the Australian Labor Party, spanning his period as Leader of the Opposition and his first prime ministership.

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Prime Minister of Australia 3 December 2007 – 24 June 2010

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Sworn in as the 26th prime minister of Australia on 3 December 2007 following Labor's win at the 2007 federal election, serving until 24 June 2010. He sat in cabinet as a Cabinet Minister over the same period.

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2010s
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Minister for Foreign Affairs 14 September 2010 – 26 February 2012

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Gillard government. In the role he attended official meetings across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas on behalf of Australia.

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Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Labor Party 26 June 2013 – 13 September 2013

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Second term as federal parliamentary leader of the Australian Labor Party, ending after the 2013 federal election.

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Prime Minister of Australia 27 June 2013 – 18 September 2013

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Second term as prime minister of Australia, from 27 June to 18 September 2013, again sitting as a Cabinet Minister. He announced his resignation from parliament in November 2013.

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Title (AC) 10 June 2019

Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) on 10 June 2019.

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2020s
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Graduated (DPhil, University of Oxford) 2022

Completed a DPhil at Jesus College, Oxford, in 2022, after leaving parliament.

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Ambassador of Australia to the United States 20 March 2023 – 31 March 2026

Appointed the 23rd Ambassador of Australia to the United States, succeeding Arthur Sinodinos. The appointment was announced on 20 December 2022 by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong; he assumed the position on 20 March 2023 and his tenure ended on 31 March 2026. The post is at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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