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1970 – 1974: Conservative Harold Wilson: 1964 – 1970: Labour Alec Douglas-Home: 1963 – 1964: Conservative Harold Macmillan: 1957 – 1963: Conservative Anthony Eden: 1955 – 1957: Conservative Winston Churchill: 1951 – 1955: Conservative Clement Attlee: 1945 – 1951: Labour Winston Churchill: 1940 – 1945: Conservative Neville ...
NameTime In OfficePolitical Party2022 – present2022Conservative2019 – 2022 [1]Conservative2016 – 2019ConservativeTop left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Top right: Winston Churchill was prime minister during World War II. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. Bottom right: Rishi Sunak is the incumbent, and first British Asian prime minister.
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The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP
2022 to 2022
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2019 to 2022
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Conservative 2016 to 2019
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Conservative 1990 to 1997
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Conservative 1979 to 1990
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Liberal 1894 to 1895
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Apr 19, 2024 · This is a chronologically ordered list of the prime ministers, from the earliest to the most recent. Robert Walpole (1721–42) Spencer Compton (1742–43) Henry Pelham (1743–54) Thomas Pelham-Holles (1754–56; 1st time) William Cavendish (1756–57) Thomas Pelham-Holles (1757–62; 2nd time) John Stuart (1762–63) George Grenville (1763–65)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over a period of time through a merger of duties. The term was regularly, if informally, used of Robert Walpole by the ...
The prime ministership of Frank Forde, who was prime minister for seven days in 1945, was the shortest in Australian history. Menzies served the longest, with eighteen years over two non-consecutive periods. The 31st and current prime minister is Anthony Albanese, who assumed office on 23 May 2022.
Ariel Sharon: 5 years and 39 days [a] Golda Meir: 5 years and 19 days. Ehud Olmert: 2 years and 351 days [b] Shimon Peres: 2 years and 264 days (first term: 2 years and 37 days; second term: 227 days) Moshe Sharett: 1 year and 281 days. Ehud Barak: 1 year and 245 days. Naftali Bennett: 1 year and 17 days.
