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Kevin Rudd: fast facts

Kevin Rudd was the Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010, and in 2013.

Personal profile

Born

21 September 1957, Nambour, Queensland

Education

  • Eumundi Primary School
  • Marist Brothers College Ashgrove
  • Nambour State High School
  • Australian National University, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (1981)

Employment

  • diplomat (1981-88)
  • Chief of Staff to Wayne Goss, Queensland Leader of Opposition and Premier of Queensland (1988-92)
  • Queensland public service (1992-95)
  • consultant (1996-98)
  • politician
  • company director

Memberships

Roman Catholic Church

Marriage

17 November 1981, St John's Anglican Church, Canberra

Children

  • Jessica (1984)
  • Nicholas (1986)
  • Marcus (1993)

Partner

Name

Thérèse Rein

Born

17 July 1958, Adelaide

Education

  • St Peters, Adelaide
  • Firbank Grammar, Melbourne
  • Australian National University, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (1981)

Employment

Managing Director Ingeus Group

Memberships

  • Anglican Church
  • National Employment Services Association
  • Queensland Association of Rehabilitation Counsellors

Political profile

Terms as Prime Minister

  • 3 December 2007 to 24 June 2010
  • 27 June to 18 September 2013

Terms as Member of Parliament

  • House of Representatives: 10 November 1998 to 22 November 2013 (Griffith)
  • Leader of the Opposition: 4 December 2006 to November 2007

Portfolios 

  • Foreign Affairs: 14 September 2010 to 22 February 2012

Political memberships

  • Australian Labor Party (1975-)
    • federal parliamentary leader (4 December 2006 to 24 June 2010, and 26 June 2013 to 13 September 2013)

After office

  • Chair, Board of the International Peace Institute (2015-)
  • President, Asia Society Policy Institute (2015-)
  • Chair, Sanitation and Water For All  (2015-)
  • Chair, Independent Commission on Multilateralism, International Peace Institute (2016)

In this section: Kevin Rudd

  • Fast facts
  • Timeline
  • Before office
  • Elections
  • During office
  • After office
  • Partner
  • Key people
  • Records

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