Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd      (Diplomat, Politician)
Born	Kevin Michael Rudd 1957-09-21 Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Alma mater	Australian National University
Religion	Anglicanism
Children	3
Spouse	Thérèse Rein
Member of	21st Century Council, AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2005, AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2010, Atlantic Council/Board, Australian American Leadership Dialogue, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chatham House/Governors
Party	Labor Party
Had his big break after attending first meeting of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in 1993. Later became Prime Minister.  Australia/Ambassador/US  In office 20 March 2023 - Present Appointed by Anthony Albanese Preceded by Arthur Sinodinos  Asia Society/President In office January 1 2021 - Present Preceded by Josette Sheeran  Prime Minister of Australia In office 27 June 2013 - 18 September 2013 Deputy Anthony Albanese Preceded by Julia Gillard Succeeded by Tony Abbott  Prime Minister of Australia In office 3 December 2007 - 24 June 2010 Deputy Julia Gillard Preceded by John Howard Succeeded by Julia Gillard  Australia/Leader of the Labor Party In office 26 June 2013 - 13 September 2013 Preceded by Julia Gillard  Australia/Leader of the Labor Party In office 4 December 2006 - 24 June 2010 Preceded by Kim Beazley Succeeded by Julia Gillard  Australia/Minister for Foreign Affairs In office 14 September 2010 - 22 February 2012 Appointed by Julia Gillard  Australia/Leader of the Opposition  In office 4 December 2006 - 3 December 2007  Member of the Australian Parliament for Griffith In office 3 October 1998 - 22 November 2013  Chairperson of the Commonwealth of Nations  In office 27 June 2013 - 18 September 2013 Succeeded by Tony Abbott

Israeli use of Australian fake passports

In 2010, Mossad got caught using fake Australian passports for one of their assassinations. This was the second time they had been caught. After the first time, in 2003, Israel had promised not to use Australian passports again. As a response to the second incident, the Rudd government expelled an Israeli "diplomat"

“In his memoirs, Prime Minster Rudd told how in the National Security Committee of the Cabinet after the second Israeli passport incident, Dennis Richardson, chief of ASIO, stated that "unless Australia wished to be seen as a 'soft touch' by the Israelis, we had to act firmly and decisively. Everyone nodded in agreement except Julia Gillard. "I asked her explicitly whether she supported the recommendations. She grunted her assent. I knew for a fact that Julia had been cultivated by the Israeli Lobby in Australia".”
Kevin Rudd (2018) 

Rudd also wrote that the Israel lobby menaced him over the affair.

“Rudd attended a dinner on the 3rd of June with Jewish community leaders to repair the strained relationship. According to Rudd, Mark Leibler, leader of AIJAC berated him for committing the "hostile act" of expelling the Israeli diplomat. Rudd told Leibler that it was the second time Israel had used false passports, wherupon Leibler responded "I don't believe you". When Rudd offered a meeting with ASIO chief Richardson, "Leibler still stared at me in disbelief. And then disbelief turned to anger. Apropos of nothing, he said, 'Julia is looking very good in the public eye these days, Prime Minister. She's performing very strongly. She's a great friend of Israel. But you shouldn't be anxious about her, should you, Prime Minister?' It was Leibler at his menacing worst."”
Kevin Rudd (2018) 

Mark Leibler flew to Israel less than two weeks after the dinner, where he met with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 20 June, before meeting the head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, on 23 June. Gillard became Prime Minister on 24 June 2010.

 

A Quote by Kevin Rudd

Page	Quote	Date	Source
Julia Gillard	“Through the influence of her 'Middle East Advisor', Bruce Wolpe, Gillard had already begun unravelling a number of Australian votes on UN General Assembly resolutions on Palestine in order to appease the far-right Jewish lobby in Melbourne. When I was prime minister and foreign minister, Australia's voting profile on Israel had changed from one of unquestioning compliance with US and Israeli interests, to one which was much more aligned with British voting patterns in the UN. Our votes were still more sympathetic to Israel than those of the rest of Europe. But this was not good enough for Gillard. The far-right Jewish lobby in Melbourne wanted to go back to the good old days of the Howard government. And Gillard wanted to deliver. This would be coordinated through her loyal operative Wolpe to ensure that Australia would once again join the likes of the US, Palau and maybe two or three other Pacific micro-states, in voting against UN General Assembly resolutions that were critical of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. It was no surprise that Gillard would later be awarded, together with Abbott, an honorary doctorate at an Israeli university for her services to the cause. The only problem was that these were not services to Australia's cause. They were services to the Israeli Government's cause under prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his total opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state.”	2018	The PM Years, page 508-09

 

Appointments by Kevin Rudd

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End
Anthony Albanese	Deputy Leader of the Labor Party	26 June 2013	13 October 2013
Anthony Albanese	Australia/Leader of the House	3 December 2007	18 September 2013
Anthony Albanese	Australia/Deputy Prime Minister	27 June 2013	18 September 2013
Anthony Albanese	Australia/Minister/Infrastructure and Transport	3 December 2007	18 September 2013
Anthony Albanese	Australia/Minister/Regional Development and Local Government	3 December 2007	14 September 2010
Richard Marles	Australia/Minister/Trade	7 June 2013	18 September 2013
Penny Wong	Australia/Minister/Climate Change	3 December 2007	14 September 2010

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Halifax International Security Forum/2013			Canada Halifax Nova Scotia	Spooky conference in Canada
Munich Security Conference/2011	4 February 2011	6 February 2011	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2012	3 February 2012	5 February 2012	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 48th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2014	31 January 2014	2 February 2014	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 50th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2015	6 February 2015	8 February 2015	Germany Munich Bavaria	"400 high-ranking decision-makers in international politics, including some 20 heads of state and government as well as more than 60 foreign and defence ministers, met in Munich to discuss current crises and conflicts."
Munich Security Conference/2016	12 February 2016	14 February 2016	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2017	17 February 2017	19 February 2017	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2018	12 February 2018	14 February 2018	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 54th Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/2009	23 January 2009	27 January 2009	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Chairman Klaus Schwab outlined five objectives driving the Forum’s efforts to shape the global agenda, including letting the banks that caused the 2008 economic crisis keep writing the rules, the climate change agenda, over-national government structures, taking control over businesses with the stakeholder agenda, and a "new charter for the global economic order".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2011	26 January 2011	30 January 2011	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".

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