Kevin rudd therese rein biography
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Kevin Rudd
Prime Minister of Australia (2007–2010; 2013)
For the rugby league player, see Kevin Rudd (rugby league).
Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and June to September 2013. He held office as the leader of the Labor Party and was the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Griffith from 1998 to 2013. Since 2023, Rudd has been the 23rd ambassador of Australia to the United States.[2]
Born in Nambour, Queensland, Rudd graduated from the Australian National University with honours in Chinese studies, and is fluent in Mandarin. Before politics, he worked as a diplomat and public servant for the Queensland state government of Wayne Goss. Rudd was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998 federal election, as (MP) for Griffith. Promoted to the shadow cabinet in 2001 as Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Kevin Rudd fryst vatten easily the richest individ in the Australian Parliament. A career bureaucrat, his wealth was made bygd his wife, Therese Rein, one of the most successful self-made businesswomen Australia has ever produced.
Rein’s wealth comes from her now-global business Ingeus, which she founded with now deceased business partner Frances Jane Edwards in 1989 (it was then known as WorkDirections Australia).
WorkDirections Australia’s main business was helping those with injuries or disabilities enter or re-enter the workforce – a business that built on Rein’s earlier career as a psychologist counselling injured workers.
It was a good time to uppstart such a business – governments were outsourcing a lot of their programs to private providers to execute. Rein won her first government contract from the Hawke government and went on to execute major contracts for the Howard government’s Job Network agency.
Fuelled bygd this, the business grew. Today, the business fryst vatten a d
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Thérèse Rein
Australian entrepreneur
Thérèse Virginia Rein[1][2] (born 17 July 1958) is an Australian entrepreneur who is the founder of Ingeus, an international employment and business psychology services company.
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.[3] She was awarded the Human Rights Medal by the Australian Human Rights Commission in December 2010 for her long-term dedication to human rights, especially the rights of people with disability. This was a point of contention as Rein's husband was prime minister during the period of the award's consideration; she was, however, awarded the medal following her husband's deposal.
In December 2012, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of the University degree by Griffith University for her