|
Post by bot on Feb 27, 2012 0:31:26 GMT -5
Australian PM Gillard wins leadership votefrom MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard defeated her predecessor Kevin Rudd in a leadership ballot on Monday, confirming her position as leader of the ruling Labor party and prime minister. Gillard won the vote of her party colleagues 71 to 31. Rudd was deposed in a party coup that brought Gillard to power, and he was later installed as foreign minister in 2010. He resigned as foreign minister last week in a move which cleared the way for the leadership challenge.
|
|