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JULIA Gillard says she has written to Govenor-General Quetin Bryce to ask her to commission Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister after she lost the Labor leadership.
"In view of his election I have written to the GG asking her to commission Mr Rudd as Prime Minister," Ms Gillard said.
Following her defeat, Ms Gillard confirmed she would not contest the safe seat of Lalor at the 2013 election and has nominated the NDIS, carbon tax and Gonski reforms as key achievements of her minority government.
She said she was "proud" to be the nation's first female prime minister and despite the attacks she says she suffered, she thinks over time it will get easier for women to hold the top job.
"It will be easier for the next woman, and the woman after that and the woman after that. And I am proud of that," she said.
Earlier this evening, Kevin Rudd regained the job he lost to ms Gillard, three years and three days to the day he was forced out by a leadership ballot.
He won the ballot 57- 45 votes and it is understood he will call an August election.
Treasurer and Deputy Leader Wayne Swan quit and Anthony Albanese was elected in his place.
In his outgoing speech, Mr Swan sai it was a "privelidge"to serve as Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer.
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