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Of the 57 past prime ministers, nine served more than 10 years while eight served less than a year. [5] Robert Walpole is the only person to have served as prime minister for more than two decades. Liz Truss is the shortest-serving prime minister, resigning after seven weeks.
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 ...
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom; List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure; List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age; List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by education; List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies; List of fictional prime ministers of the ...
This is a list of current prime ministers of the world's sovereign states by the date they took office, from the earliest to the latest. List of current prime ministers
The Duke of Portland was out of office between his two terms for 23 years and 101 days, from 19 December 1783 to 31 March 1807.. The shortest interval (or "fastest comeback") was achieved by Henry Pelham, who resigned on 10 February 1746 but returned to office two days later (12 February) when Lord Bath had been invited to form a ministry but failed to do so.
List of longest-serving members of the Union Council of Ministers; List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure; List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service; List of historical longest-serving members of the United States Congress; List of members of the United States Congress by brevity of service
2 List of prime ministers by length of term. ... (Tenure) 1 Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) MP for United Provinces (Constituent Assembly, 1947-1952) MP for Phulpur ...
Instead, prime ministers can stay in office as long as their government has the confidence of a majority in the House of Commons of Canada under the system of responsible government. [1] Under this system, William Lyon Mackenzie King was Canada's longest-serving prime minister, holding office for a total of 21 years and 154 days over three non ...