20 things you need to know about Kevin Rudd. Kevin Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is a former Australian politician who was twice Prime Minister of Australia serving from 2007 to 2010 and again from 27 June 2013 to 18 September 2013. Rudd was the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs from 14 September 2010 to 22 February 2012. But it was also the move of a man willing to say sorry. Kevin Rudd and Robert Menzies are the only first term prime ministers to be removed by their own Party; One of the 16 prime ministers in office for less than three years; The fourth prime minister from Queensland, and the first in six decades – see Andrew Fisher, Arthur Fadden and Frank Forde; At 50, the fifth youngest Australian prime minister; Descended from convict Mary Wade, transported Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size. Kevin Rudd’s ‘Sorry Speech’ was the result of years of inquiry into the thousands of Indigenous Australian children who had been savagely taken from their homes, and what could be done to repair that. Biography of Kevin Rudd, Australian politician who served as leader of the Australian Labor Party (2006–10; 2013) and prime minister of Australia (2007–10; 2013). He was member for Griffith in Brisbane from 1998 to 2013. He also served as Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010. December 3, 2006 — 11.00am . Rudd made climate change a centerpiece of his first administration and issued a formal government apology to …