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Julia Gillard

The Honourable

Julia Gillard

AC
Official portrait, 2010
27th Prime Minister of Australia
In office
24 June 2010 – 27 June 2013
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralQuentin Bryce
DeputyWayne Swan
Preceded byKevin Rudd
Succeeded byKevin Rudd
19th Leader of the Labor Party
In office
24 June 2010 – 26 June 2013
DeputyWayne Swan
Preceded byKevin Rudd
Succeeded byKevin Rudd
13th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
In office
3 December 2007 – 24 June 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byMark Vaile
Succeeded byWayne Swan
23rd Deputy Leader of the Labor Party
In office
4 December 2006 – 24 June 2010
LeaderKevin Rudd
Preceded byJenny Macklin
Succeeded byWayne Swan
Cabinet Positions
19th Minister for Education
In office
3 December 2007 – 28 June 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byJulie Bishop
Succeeded bySimon Crean
25th Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
In office
3 December 2007 – 28 June 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byJoe Hockey
Succeeded bySimon Crean
1st Minister for Social Inclusion
In office
3 December 2007 – 28 June 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySimon Crean
31st Deputy Leader of the Opposition
In office
4 December 2006 – 3 December 2007
LeaderKevin Rudd
Preceded byJenny Macklin
Succeeded byJulie Bishop
15th Manager of Opposition Business
In office
8 December 2003 – 10 December 2006
Leader
Preceded byMark Latham
Succeeded byAnthony Albanese
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Lalor
In office
3 October 1998 – 5 August 2013
Preceded byBarry Jones
Succeeded byJoanne Ryan
Personal details
Born (1961-09-29) 29 September 1961 (age 63)
Barry, Wales
Citizenship
  • Australia
  • British (until 1998)
Nationality
  • Australian
  • Welesh
Political partyLabor
Domestic partnerTim Mathieson (2006–2021)
Education
Alma mater
Signature
WebsitePersonal website
Gillard's voice
At a press conference with former president Barack Obama
Recorded 16 November 2011

Julia Eileen Gillard AC (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian politician who was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia. She became the first female Prime Minister of Australia. She was also Australia's first unmarried prime minister.[1] Gillard was the first prime minister not born in Australia since Billy Hughes, who served from 1915 to 1923.[2]

Gillard became the leader of the Australian Labor Party on 24 June 2010 when Kevin Rudd resigned. She had been Deputy Prime Minister under Kevin Rudd. On 11 December 2007, Rudd went to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. Gillard became the first woman in Australia's history to take on the prime-ministerial role as the acting prime minister.[3]

Gillard was elected to the House of Representatives in 1988. She represented the Division of Lalor, in western suburbs of Melbourne.

  1. ↑ Lunn, Stephen (25 June 2010). "Let's wait and see on marriage, says Julia Gillard's partner". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Kerr, Christian; Franklin, Matthew (24 June 2010). "Julia Gillard 'honoured' to become prime minister as Kevin Rudd stands aside". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Kerin, Lindy (10 December 2007). "Gillard makes Aust history as female acting PM". ABC News. Retrieved 24 June 2010.

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