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This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. This table can be sorted to display prime ministers of the United Kingdom by name, order of office, date of birth, age at appointment, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at appointment is determined by the day a prime minister assumed office for the first time. Length of retirement is determined from the day a prime minister ...
The first prime minister of the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon its creation in 1922 (when 26 Irish counties seceded and created the Irish Free State) was Andrew Bonar Law, [10] although the country was not renamed officially until 1927, when Stanley Baldwin was the serving prime minister.
The oldest prime minister to be appointed overall, and oldest to win a General Election, was William Ewart Gladstone, who was born on 29 December 1809 and appointed for the final time on 15 August 1892 at the age of 82 years and 231 days, following that year's General Election.
Gladstone left office in March 1894, aged 84, as both the oldest person to serve as prime minister and the only prime minister to have served four non-consecutive terms. He left Parliament in 1895 and died three years later.
Queen Elizabeth II, who had been the oldest world leader still in power, ... Later he was appointed prime minister (in 1988) and in 2016 assumed his current role of president. He took office at 81 ...
Name Position Born Died Age 1: Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum: Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia (1962) 1905: 2009: 103 years, 143 days 2: Celâl Bayar: Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939) 1883: 1986: 103 years, 98 days President of Turkey (1950–1960) 3: Antoine Pinay: Prime Minister of France (1952–1953) 1891: 1994: 102 years, 348 days 4: André ...
Prime Minister of Tajikistan: Presidential republic 23 November 2013 11 years, 86 days Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India: Parliamentary republic 26 May 2014 10 years, 267 days Gaston Browne: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda: Constitutional monarchy 13 June 2014 10 years, 249 days Saara Kuugongelwa: Prime Minister of Namibia
Margaret Thatcher, in office for 11 years and 208 days between 1979 and 1990, is the longest-serving prime minister in modern history, [3] and the longest-serving prime minister officially referred to as such. [9] [10] William Gladstone is the only person to have served four separate terms.