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FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd is to be Foreign Affairs minister in the new Julia Gillard government.

A spokeswoman for Ms Gillard confirmed that Mr Rudd, a Mandarin speaking former diplomat who was Labor foreign affairs spokesman while in opposition, would take over from Stephen Smith who has held the job since Labor won the 2007 election.

吉拉德总理的发言人今天上午证实，陆克文将取代史密斯担任澳洲外长，史密斯或接任国防部长。