Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd ( born September 21, 1957 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian politician and former diplomat. He was Prime Minister of Australia from December 3 2007 to 24 June 2010 and 27 June 2013 to 8 September 2013.
Rudd is also Chairman of the Parliamentary Australian Labor Party, he had already held this post from December 2006 to June 24, 2010. From 14 September 2010 to 22 February 2012, he officiated in the cabinet of Prime Minister Gillard as Foreign Minister.
Rudd proposed professional career as a diplomat, a, is a graduate sinologist and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Early life
Kevin Rudd is the youngest son of Albert ( Bert ) and Margaret Rudd, born DeVere. He grew up on a farm at Eumundi in Queensland. At the age of 11 years, his father, who was a member of the Country Party died. His mother worked after the death of her husband as a nurse at the Brisbane Mater Hospital. Rudd went for two years in Brisbane at a Catholic school, the Marist Brothers College Ashgrove. When his mother worked in Nambour Nambour Hospital on Rudd completed his education at Nambour State High School. He then spent a year in Sydney. Then studied at the Australian National University in Canberra Chinese history and Chinese language. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts ( Asian Studies ) from an excellent witness.
In 1977, he married Thérèse Rein, with whom he has three children.
Professional career
1981 Kevin Rudd began his professional career in the Australian Foreign Ministry as a diplomat. He worked at embassies in Stockholm and then in Beijing. In 1986 he returned to Canberra. 1988 Kevin Rudd was promoted to Counsellor in the diplomatic service in Australia.
Political career
Career start
Kevin Rudd occurred in 1972 at the age of 15 years in the Australian Labor party.
1988 Kevin Rudd worked in the campaign team of Wayne Goss, who won the election for Prime Minister of Queensland in 1989. Kevin Rudd became his chancellery minister and 1991-1995 Director General of the Cabinet Office.
From 1993, Rudd was responsible for Asian languages in schools under the Australian government of Paul Keating. He was appointed by his party for the constituency Griffith by the resignation of a longtime member of Parliament to his successor for the Australian home of Representatives ( Australian Parliament) in 1996. 1998 Kevin Rudd won the election and came at the age of 41 years in parliament; He was re- elected in 2001. In November 2011, Rudd was determined by the Labor Party to Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, in December 2003 for international security and in June 2005 for Trade.
On 4 December 2006, Kevin Rudd was election to the 19th president of the Australian Labor Party.
Prime minister
In the parliamentary elections of 24 November 2007, the Labor Party scored a clear victory, and on 3 December 2007 Rudd was sworn in as successor John Howard as Prime Minister of Australia 26. His cabinet included 29 ministries.
In November 2007, Rudd announced to file a formal apology for child abductions, massacres and maltreatment of Australian Aborigines since the British colonization in 1788 at the beginning of his term. On 13 February 2008 he made his announcement true and asked on behalf of the Australian government in a speech to the Australian Parliament for over two centuries injustice done to apologize. Rudd's predecessor John Howard had such an apology always denied.
The first act of his reign was the ratification of the challenged by his predecessor Kyoto Protocol.
Another major concern was Rudd's defense policy. After taking office, he instructed Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon with the creation of a new White Paper, which published the Government on 2 May 2009. In this, among other things Rudd's election promise reflects permanently to increase the defense budget of the country and to strengthen the Australian position in the Pacific. In connection with the latter 's relations with China cooled down since the People 's Republic of China conceived the document as a potential threat.
Resignation
On the evening of June 23, 2010, suddenly compressed rumors that especially the right wing of the party would conduct an immediate replacement of Rudd. In the course of the evening, these rumors were a certainty and Julia Gillard was soon considered the favorite at a challenge Rudd.
The following morning, June 24, 2010 a meeting of the parliamentary faction of the Labor Party was convened. At this meeting it was clear that Gillard had wider support than Rudd. Rudd did not stand for re-election, resigned as party leader and prime minister and resigned from the government.
Secretary of State
After the general elections on 21 August 2010, the laboratory was able to hold short of the government after losing the absolute majority with the support of independent MPs. Rudd was appointed by the Prime Minister Gillard confirmed in office as Foreign Minister.
Analogous to the slogan of his election campaign in 2007, Kevin 07, Kevin Rudd was nicknamed 747, which refers to the wide-body aircraft Boeing 747 because of its frequent air travel.
On February 22, 2012, he resigned from the post of foreign minister. After Rudd had expressed doubts about the ability of Prime Minister Gillard of being able to win the next election, they put on a vote on the party chairmanship in the parliamentary faction of the laboratory for 27 February 2012. This they won by 71 votes against 31 for for Rudd. Rudd said in the episode that he had not before, once in a vote to take up a leadership position against Gillard.
Second term as Prime Minister
On 26 June 2013, Rudd competed again in a vote of its parliamentary faction to the party presidency against Gillard. He could decide this with 57 to 45 votes. The next day he took over the premiership again. Rudd held office until the next general election in Australia and lost this election against challenger Tony Abbott of the liberal conservative party of the Liberal Party of Australia and became effective on September 8, 2013 back by the Office of the Prime Minister.