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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.
This list give the names of British prime ministers by their birthplace. [1] [2] 46 of the past 58 prime ministers were born in England, including the incumbent Keir Starmer. Of them, nineteen were born in Central London, most recently Keir Starmer (2024–present).
The head of the British government is referred to as the prime minister, the leader of one of the constituent countries is referred to as a first minister, and the terms chief minister and premier are used in the Overseas Territories.
[n 3] The prime minister was officially granted a place in the order of precedence in December 1905, and the first statutory reference to the Prime Minister was present in the Chequers Estate Act 1917, which specified Chequers as a prime-ministerial residence. Public recognition of the existence of a 'Prime Minister's Office' in the Civil ...
Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates: Constitutional monarchy 11 February 2006 18 years, 355 days Viktor Orbán: Prime Minister of Hungary: Parliamentary republic 29 May 2010 14 years, 247 days Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed: Prime Minister of Djibouti: Presidential republic: 1 April 2013 11 years, 305 days Edi Rama: Prime Minister of Albania
Great Britain: Prime Minister: Wimbledon Kingdom of Great Britain: Illness – influenza [3] William Pitt the Younger: 1806 United Kingdom: Prime Minister: Putney United Kingdom: Illness – peptic ulceration [4] Mateo de Toro Zambrano: 1811 Chile: President of the Government Junta: Santiago Chile: Spencer Perceval: 1812 United Kingdom: Prime ...
Britain's longest serving prime minister in the 20th century and first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher is rated highly by many despite being a divisive figure. Academics, members of Parliament , the general public and journalists alike have attempted to rank prime ministers of the United Kingdom .
Boris Johnson – born in New York City in the United States, the first American-born prime minister and the first to be born outside English/British territory; All other prime ministers were born in Great Britain (46 in England and 7 in Scotland). Although of Welsh origin, David Lloyd George was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancashire.