Kevin Rudd
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Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and from June to September 2013, holding office as the leader of
Official portrait as ambassador in 2023
Rudd in November 2005
Rudd and Julia Gillard at their first press conference as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, 4 December 2006
Front page of the Northern Territory News announcing Rudd's win, 25 November 2007
John Howard
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John Winston Howard is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. His eleven-year
Kevin Rudd
…lifted his popularity. Electoral writs were issued for the 2007 federal election on 17 October 2007. On 21 October, Rudd faced incumbent prime minister John Howard in a television debate, where he was judged by most media analysts to have performed strongly. On 14 November, Rudd officially launched the Labor Party's…
Howard in 2001
Young Howard, 1940s
Howard in 1974, the year of his first election to parliament
Howard in June 1997, just over a year after becoming prime minister