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Prime Minister Portrait Party Assumed office Left office Time in office (term) Time in office (total) Election wins Ref 1. 12th Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978) United Australia: 26 April 1939 29 August 1941 2 years, 125 days: 18 years, 163 days 1940, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 [1] Liberal: 19 December 1949 26 January 1966 16 ...
For a non-interim prime minister, the longest period of prior service was 30 years by Harold Holt, who was elected in a by-election in August 1935 and became prime minister in January 1966. The longest service as an MP of a prime minister was Billy Hughes, who served from March 1901 until his death in October 1952, a total of 51 years. This is ...
The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister. The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Head of government of Australia For a list of officeholders, see List of prime ministers of Australia. Prime Minister of Australia Coat of arms of Australia Flag of Australia Incumbent Anthony Albanese since 23 May 2022 Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ...
1 year, 119 days Parliamentary Labor: 14 August 1931 13 February 1933 1 year, 183 days 130. VIC: Sir John O'Shanassy (1818–1883) KCMG: No Party Alignment: MLA for Kilmore (1856–1865) 11 March 1857 29 April 1857 49 days: 3 years, 140 days 1861: 10 March 1858 27 October 1859 1 year, 231 days: 14 November 1861 27 June 1863 1 year, 225 days 131 ...
Prime Minister Title State's political system Date of assumption Current length of term Hassanal Bolkiah: Prime Minister of Brunei: Absolute monarchy: 1 January 1984 41 years, 30 days Ralph Gonsalves: Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Constitutional monarchy: 29 March 2001 23 years, 308 days Roosevelt Skerrit: Prime Minister ...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is looking to extend his iron fisted rule, running another tightly controlled election with no tangible competition as he prepares a possible power succession for ...
The longest-serving prime minister was Sir Robert Menzies of the Liberal Party, who served for 19 years from 1939 to 1941, and again from 1949 to 1966. The only other prime minister to serve for longer than a decade was John Howard, also of the Liberal Party, who led for more than 11 years from 1996 to 2007. The Coalition and its direct ...