Ex-Australia PM Rudd wants top UN jobFormer Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd Monday revealed he wants to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the next UN secretary general, asking Canberra to endorse his nomination. One of the speakers last year was Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia. A former diplomat who has long studied China, Rudd was an outward-looking prime minister whose love of travel earned him the nickname “Kevin 747″. He remained popular with the electorate and Labor returned to his leadership in June 2013, making him prime minister for a second time. The Mandarin-speaking Rudd, who is based in New York as head of the policy institute Asia Society, served as Labor prime minister from 2007 to 2010 and again in 2013.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 18, 2016 03:22 UTC