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  2. List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Before the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. [12] By the late Tudor period, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State, [12] and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (lord high treasurer, 1547–1549), [13] served as lord protector to ...

  3. List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of ...

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    [4] [6] [7] The previous shortest time served was George Canning, who served for less than four months before dying in office. [8] Margaret Thatcher , in office for 11 years and 288 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.

  4. Timeline of prime ministers of Great Britain and the United ...

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    This is a graphical timeline of prime ministers of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from when the first prime minister of Great Britain in the modern sense, Robert Walpole, took office in 1721, until the present day. From 1801 until 1922, British prime ministers also held the office for the whole of Ireland.

  5. Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia

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    2011: 2011 military intervention in Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn, United States and coalition enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 with bombings of Libyan forces. 2011: Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. military forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan as part of Operation Neptune Spear. 2011: Drone strikes on al-Shabaab militants begin in ...

  6. Records of prime ministers of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. There have been three female prime ministers, all Conservative. They have led the United Kingdom for a total of 14 years, 268 days. Margaret Thatcher – served May 1979 – November 1990, 11 years, 208 days. Theresa May – served July 2016 – July 2019, 3 years, 11 days.

  7. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...

  8. List of presidents of Turkey - Wikipedia

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    The following is a complete list of people who held the office of President of Turkey. There have been twelve heads of state since the inception of the republican period in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence. For a list of rulers of the predecessor Ottoman Empire, see List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire.

  9. Timeline of British history - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom joins and becomes a member state of the European Communities. 1974 4 March Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1975 5 June The United Kingdom chooses to remain a member state of the European Communities in a non-binding referendum. 1976 5 April James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister. September