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
Julia Gillard
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Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She held office as the leader of the Labor Party, having previously served
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…Labor caucus and failure to pass key legislation like the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. He resigned as prime minister in June 2010 after his deputy Julia Gillard challenged him in a leadership spill. He was replaced by Gillard as prime minister, who later appointed him as Minister for Foreign Affairs in her…
Official portrait, 2010
Gillard meets with US Ambassador Jeff Bleich on 26 November 2009
Gillard being sworn in as prime minister by Quentin Bryce on 24 June 2010