Kevin Rudd
 26th Prime Minister of Australia
About Kevin
Born and raised in country Queensland, Kevin Rudd became Australia’s 26th Prime Minister in 2007 after leading the Australian Labor Party into government after more than eleven years in opposition.
Kevin served as Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, and again in 2013. He was also Australia’s Foreign Minister between 2010 and 2012.
A global authority on China, the Australian Government announced in December 2022 that he would be appointed Australia’s Ambassador to the United States in Washington DC.
Kevin recently celebrated 40 years of marriage to his wife, Thérèse Rein, with whom he has three children and three grandchildren.
Books
The dangers of a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Xi Jinping’s China
OUT NOW
Australia’s future depends on great political courage to bring about fundamental change. And now is the time for women and men of courage to act.
Kevin Rudd’s frank memoir as prime minister: the successes, the challenges and ‘the coup that killed Australian politics’
A personal reflection on life, politics and purpose, charting Kevin Rudd’s early life and his campaign for the prime ministership
Reports for international institutions including the United Nations, Asia Society Society Policy Institute and Harvard Kennedy School
Latest media
Kevin Rudd joins Abigail Hunter, the Executive Director of SAFE's Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, in conversation at the SAFE Summit 2024: Solving the Global Power Puzzle.
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy keynote with Ambassador Kevin Rudd and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Ambassador Kevin Rudd participated in a moderated discussion with Wall Street Journal Chief Economics Commentator, Greg Ip.
Kevin Rudd participated in the "Recharging Growth in China" panel, the first panel jointly organized by CGTN and World Economic Forum.
Kevin Rudd spoke to Thierry de Montbrial at the World Policy Conference
Kevin Rudd spoke with US correspondent Annelise Nielsen in Washington DC
Kevin Rudd spoke to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria about what the talks mean for geostrategic competition in the Indo-Pacific and the world.
Kevin Rudd spoke to ABC Radio National’s Hamish Macdonald