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==Foreign Minister of Australia==
==Foreign Minister of Australia==
Rudd was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia on 14 September 2010. He resigned from that position on 22 February 2012 in a speech at about 1.30am local time, 22 February 2012, in [[The Willard Hotel]] in [[Washington DC]], stating that negative statements by colleagues including the [[Prime Minister of Australia]], [[Julia Gillard]], were a deciding factor in his resignation. The timing in Washington corresponded to late afternoon in eastern Australia, just before the evening TV news.
Rudd was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia on 14 September 2010. He resigned from that position on 22 February 2012 in a speech at about 1.30am local time, 22 February 2012, in [[The Willard Hotel]] in [[Washington DC]], stating that negative statements by colleagues including the [[Prime Minister of Australia]], [[Julia Gillard]], were a deciding factor in his resignation. The timing in Washington corresponded to late afternoon in eastern Australia, just before the evening TV news.
==2013 Leadership Challenge==
The minister for sour grapes re-took the leadership of the [[Australian Labor Party|ALP]], and following that the office of Prime Minister, on Jun 26th 2013 after a leadership spill. The timing coincides with an imminent federal election which the ALP are expected to lose badly, so some have suggested this may have been a damage control measure.
==Personal life==
==Personal life==