Kevin Michael Rudd ist ein ehemaliger australischer Politiker und ehemaliger Diplomat. Er war Premierminister Australiens vom 3. Dezember 2007 bis 24. Juni 2010 und vom 27. Juni 2013 bis zum 8. September 2013.
Rudd war von Dezember 2006 bis zum 24. Juni 2010 parlamentarischer Vorsitzender der Australian Labor Party, dieses Amt hatte er vom 26. Juni 2013 bis zum 13. September 2013 erneut inne. Vom 14. September 2010 bis zum 22. Februar 2012 amtierte er im Kabinett von Premierministerin Gillard als Außenminister.
Rudd schlug beruflich die Laufbahn eines Diplomaten ein, ist studierter Sinologe und spricht fließend Hochchinesisch.
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“Everyone's entitled to their point of view but that's seriously a weird one.”
Attacks on Abbott cheap and nasty, says Pell, 15 February 2006, 27 March 2019, The Age https://web.archive.org/web/20081015074924/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,18152356-2702,00.html, <br class="br">Response to Liberal MP Danna Vale's comment that Australia's rising abortion rate indicated that it might become a Muslim nation in 50 years. <br class="br">2006
ALP in 'me-too' policy mess over death penalty, 10 October 2007, 13 February 2008, The Age http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/rudds-metoo-policy-mess/2007/10/09/1191695909938.html, <br class="br">Statement made in 2002. <br class="br">2002
“My name is Kevin, I'm from Queensland, and I'm here to help.”
"World briefing: Too clever by half: Australia's quarrel with its new PM" Simon Tisdall. The Guardian. London (UK): 9 April 2008. pg. 17
Address to the Labor Party conference, 2007
2007
Rudd's first speech as Labor leader
Speaking of the Workchoices Act introduced by the Howard government in March 2006.
2006
“[But] we should not be kowtowing to anybody when it comes to freedom in this country.”
Mainstream media takes a cautious line over blasphemous cartoons, 7 February 2006, 13 February 2008, Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/media-takes-cautious-line-over-cartoons/2006/02/06/1139074171391.html, <br class="br">Response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, and whether publishing the cartoons would be appropriate in Australian media outlets. <br class="br">2006
Rudd's new vision for the nation, 5 December 2006, 13 February 2008, ABC Local Radio http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1804299.htm, <br class="br">2006
Rudd's first speech as Labor leader
Speaking of John Howard's Liberal government.
2006
Rudd's first speech as Labor leader, 5 December 2006, 13 February 2008, The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20876,20876230-601,00.html, <br class="br">2006
Labor says outcome of inquiry is stacked, 13 April 2006, 13 February 2008, The Advertiser http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,18810284-911,00.html, <br class="br">Response to John Howard's interview with the Cole Inquiry. <br class="br">2006
ALP in 'me-too' policy mess over death penalty
Response to a backlash following statements made by Robert McClelland, days before the fifth anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings, who said that Labor would campaign internationally to stop executions of terrorists.
2002
Rudd bamboozles Germans with 'programmatic specificity', 9 July 2009, 15 November 2013, Perth Now http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/rudd-bamboozles-germans-with-programmatic-specificity/story-e6frg12c-1225747867748, <br class="br">Addressing the German press and Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, 2009 <br class="br">2009
Rudd's first speech as Labor leader
2006
Rudd's new vision for the nation, 5 December 2006, 13 February 2008, ABC Local Radio http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1804299.htm, <br class="br">2006
“If he has any self-respect he would resign over this matter, the negligence is so gross.”
Cole has no power to find against ministers: Rudd, 10 April 2006, 13 February 2008, Lateline, ABC TV http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1613142.htm, <br class="br">Regarding then deputy prime minister Mark Vaile's evidence at the Cole Inquiry, following the Australian Wheat Board's 'oil for food' scandal. <br class="br">2006
“There's nothing like having a bit of somebody else in you.”
Kevin Rudd repeatedly breaks down during farewell speech, 24 June 2010, 24 June 2010, :w:The Age http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/kevin-rudd-repeatedly-breaks-down-during-farewell-speech/story-e6frf7jo-1225883704143, <br class="br">When speaking about organ transplants in his final address as Prime Minister on 24 June 2010. <br class="br">2010
Howard under fire over Iraq, 17 July 2003, 13 February 2008, CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/07/17/sprj.irq.australia.wmd/index.html, <br class="br">Criticism of Australia's involvement in the 2003 Iraq War, and that of the Office of National Assessments. <br class="br">2003
