The leader who led the country in atoning for the past wrongs (in February 2008)

The correct choice is: “Kevin Rudd”

On 13 February 2008, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal national apology in Parliament to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, especially the ‘Stolen Generations’ of children taken from their families under earlier government policies.

His predecessor, “John Howard”, had refused to make such an apology. “Desmond Tutu” chaired South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission but was not a head of government.