Kevin Rudd 



Date of Birth : 21 September 1957 

Birth Place: Nambour, Australia 

Political Party : Australian Labor Party 

Arrival in Power : 3 December 2007 

Religion: Anglican 

Profession:	Civil Servant, Politician 



Biography: 



Kevin Rudd was born in Nambour, Australia in 1957. He studied in Canberra his field of study

was Chinese language and history. In 1981 he began his career as a civil servant and served in

several posts relating to Chinese relations, he also held China related posts in the private sector.

In 1998 he was elected to parliament for the first time. Following the 2001 election, he became

the shadow minister for Foreign Affairs, after seeing several leaders of the Labor Party fail to get

elected, he was elected party leader in 2006. 

			

Kevin Rudd's leadership finally offered a real alternative to John Howard's government, in his

own words, the Labor would now be "an alternative, not just an echo of the Howard

government." In 2007 Rudd and the Labor Party won the elections, his first act as prime minister

was to sign the Kyoto Protocol. He also apologized in the name of Australia, to the Indigenous

population. He also pulled Australia's troops out of Iraq, and he promised more troops for

Afghanistan. 



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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Rudd