Former Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been chosen as Australia’s next ambassador to the United States to replace the previous government’s appointee Arthur Sinodinos.
In a statement on Dec. 20, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed the appointment, saying that Rudd brought “unmatched experience to the role.”
Both ministers called him the “world’s most eminent and sought-after” expert on U.S.-China relations.
“At a time when our region is being reshaped by strategic competition, our interests are well served with a representative of Dr. Rudd’s standing,” they said.
The announcement comes a day after Albanese and Wong released a statement commemorating the 50th anniversary of former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s 1972 decision to establish diplomatic ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)….