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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 youngest prime minister to be on the losing side at a general election was Rishi Sunak, at 44 years and 54 days when the Conservative Party lost the 2024 general election. William Ewart Gladstone, was the oldest, at 76 years, when his party lost the 1886 general election, although he returned to office in 1892.
Pitt served as prime minister for a total of eighteen years, 343 days, making him the second-longest-serving British prime minister of all time, after Robert Walpole. At age 24, Pitt is the youngest prime minister in British history and is the youngest ever person to hold the position of prime minister in world history. [5] [6] [7]
The 42-year-old will also be the country’s first non-white PM.
Marin, who had announced her intention to quit soon after the election loss, was the world's youngest prime minister when she took the post in 2019 aged 34, attracting attention around the globe ...
Prime Minister of Japan (1945) 1887: 1990: 102 years, 48 days 6: Babiker Awadalla: Prime Minister of Sudan (1969) 1917: 2019: 101 years, 321 days 7: Willem Drees: Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) 1886: 1988: 101 years, 314 days 8: Đỗ Mười: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam (1988–1991) 1917: 2018: 101 years ...
France saw its youngest-ever prime minister and first openly gay one named Tuesday as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from ...
Blair became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 2 May 1997; aged 43, he was the youngest person to reach that office since Lord Liverpool became prime minister aged 42 in 1812. [74] He was also the first prime minister born after the Second World War and the accession of Elizabeth II to the throne.