Kevin Rudd

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Rudd
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 21, 1957(1957-09-21)
Age	67
Birthplace	Nambour
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Virgo

Kevin Rudd Biography

Kevin Rudd is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 21, 1957 in Nambour, Australia. 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He was also the Leader of the Labor Party from 2006 to 2010. He resigned in 2010 but was re-elected in 2013. He is the first serving Australian Prime Minister to publicly support same-sex marriage.

He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Julia Gilard.

The Rudd Government increased the age pension by more than $100 a fortnight for singles and $76 for couples, the largest increase since 1909, in response to the Harmer Review which found that single retirees living on their own were unusually disadvantaged. It also lifted the Child Care Tax Rebate from 30 to 50 per cent for around 600,000 families – paid quarterly rather than annually. In addition, the Government introduced an Education Tax Refund of 50 per cent of up to $750 per child, benefiting 1.3 million families. Prime Minister Rudd was also responsible for Australia’s first paid parental leave scheme – benefiting 150,000 new parents 18 weeks of paid leave each year.

The election was held on 24 November, and was won overwhelmingly by Labor. The result was dubbed a ‘Ruddslide’ by the media and was underpinned by the considerable support from Rudd’s home state of Queensland, with the state result recording a two-party preferred swing of 7.53%. The overall swing was 5.44% from the Liberals to Labor, the third largest swing at a federal election since two party estimates began in 1949.

His father was a farmer who died when he was 11. He married Therese Rein in 1981 and the couple have three children together.

Kevin Rudd Net Worth

Kevin Rudd is one of the richest Politician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin Rudd 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He grew up on a dairy farm and joined the Australian Labour Party at just age 15.

Among his first actions as Prime Minister was to issue an official apology to Indigenous Australians for government’s forced separation of indigenous families from 1909 to 1969.

Rudd is of English and Irish descent. His paternal fourth great-grandparents were English and of convict heritage: Thomas Rudd and Mary Cable. Thomas arrived from London, England in 1801; Mary arrived from Essex in 1804. Thomas Rudd, who was convicted of stealing a bag of sugar, arrived in NSW on board the Earl Cornwallis in 1801.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Kevin Rudd Dating?

According to our records, Kevin Rudd married to Thérèse Rein. As of December 1, 2023, Kevin Rudd’s is not dating anyone.

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Rudd and his family attend the Anglican church of St John the Baptist in Bulimba in his electorate. Although raised a Roman Catholic, Rudd was actively involved in the Evangelical Union while studying at the Australian National University, and he began attending Anglican services in the 1980s with his wife. In December 2009, Rudd attended a Catholic Mass to commemorate the canonisation of Mary MacKillop at which he received Holy Communion. Rudd’s actions provoked criticism and debate among both political and religious circles. A report by The Australian quoted that Rudd embraced Anglicanism but at the same time did not formally renounce his Catholic faith.

Facts & Trivia

Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Kevin Rudd celebrates birthday on September 21 of every year.

In 1981, Rudd married Thérèse Rein whom he had met at a gathering of the Australian Student Christian Movement during his university years. Both were residents at Burgmann College during their first year of university. Rudd and Rein have three children, Jessica, Nicholas and Marcus. Jessica is married to Albert Tse of Hong Kong descent and they have a daughter Josephine Thérèse Tse and a son McLean George Tse.

Why was Kevin Rudd kicked out of office?

Within the Gillard Government, Rudd was brought back into the Cabinet by Gillard as Minister for Foreign Affairs. He remained in that role until resigning in February 2012, citing Gillard’s failure to discipline colleagues who had publicly criticised him. In response, Gillard called a leadership spill, which Rudd lost.

Is Kevin Rudd still married to Therese Rein?

Rein is the wife of Kevin Rudd, who was the Prime Minister of Australia, holding the office from 2007 to 2010 and then again in 2013. She was the first Australian prime minister’s wife to remain in the paid workforce while her husband was in office.

Why did Julia Gillard resign?

On 26 June 2013, after a lengthy period of leadership instability, Gillard lost the leadership of the Labor Party back to Rudd at a leadership spill. Her resignation as prime minister took effect the next day, and she announced her retirement from politics.

Where did Kevin Rudd say sorry?

— Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, 13 February 2008, at a sitting of the Parliament of Australia. The text of the apology did not refer to compensation to Aboriginal people as a whole, nor to members of the Stolen Generations specifically.

Who said sorry to the Stolen Generation?

On 13 February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology to ​Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly to the Stolen Generations whose lives had been blighted by past government policies of forced child removal and assimilation.