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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 much of World War II. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister. Bottom right: Keir Starmer is the incumbent prime minister.
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 ...
Liz Truss. Mary Elizabeth Truss (born 26 July 1975) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day in office, she stepped down amid a government crisis, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in British history.
Premiership of Liz Truss. Liz Truss 's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 6 September 2022 when she accepted an invitation of Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Boris Johnson, and ended 49 days later on 25 October upon her resignation. As prime minister, she served simultaneously as First Lord of the Treasury ...
Recorded 25 October 2022. Rishi Sunak[b] (born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2022 to 2024. He has been Leader of the Conservative Party since October 2022; after the general election in July 2024, he became Leader of the Opposition. The first British Asian to hold those offices, he ...
Liz Truss became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 6 September 2022, following the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, replacing Boris Johnson. The September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget was published on 23 September by Kwasi Kwarteng, then- Chancellor of the Exchequer, which included tax cuts without matching ...
t. e. In September and October 2022, the Conservative Party government led by newly appointed prime minister Liz Truss faced a credibility crisis. It was caused by the September 2022 mini-budget and a disorganised vote in the House of Commons over a parliamentary vote to ban fracking, ultimately resulting in the loss of support of Conservative ...
Living as of September 2024 Prime Minister Date of birth Premiership John Major (1943-03-29) 29 March 1943 (age 81) 1990–1997 Gordon Brown (1951-02-20) 20 February 1951 (age 73) 2007–2010 Tony Blair (1953-05-06) 6 May 1953 (age 71) 1997–2007 Theresa May (1956-10-01) 1 October 1956 (age 67) 2016–2019 Keir Starmer (1962-09-02) 2 September 1962 (age 62) 2024–present Boris Johnson (1964 ...