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  1. List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. Top 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 ...

  2. The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons ...

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  4. Apr 19, 2024 · The office of prime minister developed in Britain in the 18th century, when King George I ceased attending meetings of his ministers and it was left to powerful premiers to act as government chief executive. Sir Robert Walpole is generally considered to have been Britain’s first prime minister.

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  5. The voters elect Members of Parliament (MPs), and the MPs choose the prime minister. The system grew in stages as the Commons grew in power and the monarch's authority dwindled. The current prime minister has been Rishi Sunak since 25 October 2022. Present prime minister Rishi Sunak in front of 10 Downing Street during his first speech as Prime ...

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    Time In Office
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    2022
    Conservative
    2019 – 2022 [1]
    Conservative
    2016 – 2019
    Conservative
  6. In most systems, the prime minister is the presiding member and chairman of the cabinet. In a minority of systems, notably in semi-presidential systems, a prime minister is the official appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of the head of state . Part of the Politics series on.

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  7. Apr 29, 2024 · prime minister, the head of government in a country with a parliamentary or semipresidential political system. In such systems, the prime minister—literally the “first,” or most important, minister—must be able to command a continuous majority in the legislature (usually the lower house in a bicameral system) to remain in office.

  8. William Ewart Gladstone. Liberal 1892 to 1894. Liberal 1886 to 1886. Liberal 1880 to 1885. Liberal 1868 to 1874.

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