First Rudd ministry

First Rudd ministry
64th ministry of Australia
Governor-General Michael Jeffery with first arrangement of newly appointed ministers to the Rudd ministry
Date formed	3 December 2007
Date dissolved	24 June 2010
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Michael Jeffery Quentin Bryce
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
Deputy Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
No. of ministers	32 (plus 14 Parliamentary Secretaries)
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority government 83 / 150
Opposition cabinet	Nelson Turnbull Abbott
Opposition party	Liberal–National coalition
Opposition leader	Brendan Nelson Malcolm Turnbull Tony Abbott
History
Election	24 November 2007
Legislature term	42nd
Predecessor	Fourth Howard Ministry
Successor	First Gillard Ministry

This article is part of a series about Kevin Rudd
Early life Diplomatic career Goss government Member for Griffith (1998–2013) Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Shadow Minister for Trade 2006 Labor Party leadership spill Prime Minister of Australia First term of government (2007–2010) Apology to the Stolen Generations Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Immigration policies Australia 2020 Summit GFC stimulus Home Insulation Program Royal Commission OzCar affair Resource Super Profits Tax National Broadband Network 2010 Labor Party leadership spill Minister for Foreign Affairs 2012 Labor Party leadership spill 2013 Labor Party leadership spill Second term of government (2013) Papua New Guinea Solution Ministries First Ministry Second Ministry Elections 2007 2013
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The first Rudd ministry (Labor) was the 64th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 26th Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. The first Rudd ministry succeeded the Fourth Howard Ministry, which dissolved on 3 December 2007 following the federal election that took place on 24 November which saw Labor defeat John Howard's Liberal–National Coalition. The ministry was replaced by the First Gillard Ministry on 24 June 2010 following the resignation of Rudd as Prime Minister after a successful leadership challenge by Julia Gillard.^[1]