Kim Beazley is Australia’s ambassador to the United States. A former member of the parliament from 1980-2007, he led the Labor Party from 1996-2001 and again in 2005-2006, when he retired from parliament after losing the leadership to Kevin Rudd, who would become prime minister a year later. Beazley also served as minister in the governments of prime ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, most notably deputy prime minister under Keating in 1995-1996.