Kevin Rudd

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Person.png Kevin Rudd   History Commons Sourcewatch Website WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Diplomat, Politician)
BornKevin Michael Rudd
1957-09-21
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Alma materAustralian National University
ReligionAnglicanism
Children3
SpouseThérèse Rein
Member of21st 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
PartyLabor Party

Employment.png Prime Minister of Australia

In office
27 June 2013 - 18 September 2013
DeputyAnthony Albanese
Preceded byJulia Gillard
Succeeded byTony Abbott

Employment.png Prime Minister of Australia

In office
3 December 2007 - 24 June 2010
DeputyJulia Gillard
Preceded byJohn Howard
Succeeded byJulia Gillard

Employment.png Australia/Leader of the Labor Party

In office
26 June 2013 - 13 September 2013
Preceded byJulia Gillard

Employment.png Australia/Leader of the Labor Party

In office
4 December 2006 - 24 June 2010
Preceded byKim Beazley
Succeeded byJulia Gillard

Employment.png Australia/Minister for Foreign Affairs

In office
14 September 2010 - 22 February 2012

Employment.png Australia/Leader of the Opposition Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
4 December 2006 - 3 December 2007

Employment.png Member of the Australian Parliament for Griffith

In office
3 October 1998 - 22 November 2013

Employment.png Chairperson of the Commonwealth of Nations Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
27 June 2013 - 18 September 2013
Succeeded byTony Abbott

 

A Quote by Kevin Rudd

PageQuoteDateSource
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.”2018The PM Years, page 508-09

 

Appointments by Kevin Rudd

AppointeeJobAppointedEnd
Anthony AlbaneseDeputy Leader of the Labor Party26 June 201313 October 2013
Anthony AlbaneseAustralia/Leader of the House3 December 200718 September 2013
Anthony AlbaneseAustralia/Deputy Prime Minister27 June 201318 September 2013
Anthony AlbaneseAustralia/Minister/Infrastructure and Transport3 December 200718 September 2013
Anthony AlbaneseAustralia/Minister/Regional Development and Local Government3 December 200714 September 2010
Richard MarlesAustralia/Minister/Trade7 June 201318 September 2013
Penny WongAustralia/Minister/Climate Change3 December 200714 September 2010

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/20114 February 20116 February 2011Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 47th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201431 January 20142 February 2014Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 50th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/20156 February 20158 February 2015Germany
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/201612 February 201614 February 2016Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 54th Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/200923 January 200927 January 2009World 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/201126 January 201130 January 2011World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2230 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016World 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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