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The 31st and current prime minister is Anthony Albanese, who assumed office on 23 May 2022. There are currently seven living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die was Hawke, on 16 May 2019.
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet and thus heads the federal executive government. Under the principles of responsible government, the prime minister is both a member and responsible to Parliament.
As of June 2024, five of the six states claim the distinction of being the birthplace of a prime minister. Twelve prime ministers, those born prior to the federation of Australia, were born in British colonies within Australia, rather than independent Australian states.
28th century. 29th century. 30th century. In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the Anno Domini or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 ( MMI) and will end on 31 December 3000 ( MMM ), spanning the 21st to 30th centuries.
Australia, established as a federated union in 1901, is a constitutional monarchy, and its government is led by a prime minister, generally the leader of the majority political party or coalition in the federal House of Representatives. This is a chronologically ordered list of the prime ministers, from the earliest to the most recent.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
There have been 12 prime ministers defeated at a general election: Deakin (1910), Fisher (1913), Cook (1914), Bruce (1929), Scullin (1931), Chifley (1949), McMahon (1972), Fraser (1983), Keating (1996), Howard (2007), Rudd (2013) and Morrison (2022).
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This is a list of prime ministers of Australia by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days from being sworn in until leaving office, if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
