Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard is an Australian Labor politician who served as Australia’s 27th prime minister from June 2010 to June 2013, becoming the country’s first woman to hold the office. Previously, she was deputy prime minister and held the education, employment and workplace-relations, and social-inclusion portfolios. Born in Wales and raised in South Australia, Gillard worked as a solicitor before entering federal politics and represented Lalor in Victoria from 1998 to 2013.