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Fast facts: Kevin Rudd
Personal profile
Born:
21 September 1957, Nambour, Queensland
Education:
Eumundi Primary School; Marist Brothers College Ashgrove; Nambour State High School; The Australian National University (BA Hons) (1981)Eumundi Primary School, Marist College Ashgrove & Nambour State High School in Queensland; Australian National University (BA Hons 1981)
Employment:
Queensland Public Service 1988 – 95; Diplomat 1981-88; Consultant 1996-98
Memberships:
Roman Catholic Church
Marriage:
17 November 1981, St Johns Anglican Church Canberra
Children:
Jessica (1984), Nicholas (1986) and Marcus (1993)
Born:
17 July 1958, Adelaide
Education:
: St Peters (Adelaide); Firbank Grammar (Melbourne); Australian National University (BA Hons) 1981
Employment:
Managing Director Ingeus Group
Memberships:
Anglican Church; National Employment Services Association; Queensland Association of Rehabilitation Counsellors
Political profile
Party:
Australian Labor Party
Terms as PM:
3 December 2007 – 24 June 2010
Terms as MP:
House of Representatives: 10 November 1998 – (Griffith); Leader of the Opposition (4 December 2006 – November 2007)
Portfolios:
Minister for Foreign Affairs: 14 September 2010 -
Political memberships:
Australian Labor Party (1975 – )
Quiz facts
- Australia’s 26th Prime Minister
- Kevin Rudd and Robert Menzies are the only first term prime ministers to be removed by their own Party
- One of the 16 prime ministers in office for less than three years
- The fourth prime minister from Queensland, and the first in six decades – see Andrew Fisher, Arthur Fadden and Frank Forde
- At 50, the fifth youngest Australian prime minister
- Descended from convict Mary Wade, transported to New South Wales in 1789 at the age of 11
- First prime minister with a woman (Julia Gillard) as his deputy
- Dubbed ‘Kevin ‘07’ in his election campaign – and ‘Kevin 747’ after leaving office
- Thérèse Rein is the second prime ministerial wife with a university degree; the first was Bettina Gorton