Gillard became the first female Deputy Prime Minister of Australia in the 2007 federal election. She lost the leadership of the Labor Party to Kevin Rudd in June of 2013. During her speech, congratulating Rudd, she announced that she would immediately tender her resignation as Prime Minister to the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce. Her political view/positions include support of legal abortion, uncertainty about the safety issues of euthanasia and opposition of same-sex marriage. Gillard has been in a relationship with Australian hairdresser Tim Mathieson since 2006.