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Lionel Frost Bowen AC (28 December 1922 – 1 April 2012) was an Australian politician. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1977 to 1990 and served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Australia in the Hawke government from 1983 to 1990.
Humza Yousaf, who served as first minister between March 2023 and May 2024 is the second shortest–serving first minister after a period in office of 1 year and 39 days. [3] Sturgeon is the longest-serving First Minister, having surpassed Salmond on 25 May 2022. [4] Salmond in turn spent a total of 7 and a half years in the role.
Prime Minister(s) 5 Leighton McCarthy: 1943 1944 William Lyon Mackenzie King: 6 Lester B. Pearson: 1944 1946 William Lyon Mackenzie King: 7 H. H. Wrong: 1946 1953 William Lyon Mackenzie King. Louis St. Laurent. 8 A.D.P. Heeney: 1953 1957 Louis St. Laurent: 9 Norman Robertson: 1957 1958 John Diefenbaker — A.D.P. Heeney: 1959 1962 John ...
Prime Minister Term of office; Took office Left office Time in office; 1 John Hope 7th Earl of Hopetoun KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1860–1908) 29 October 1900 17 July 1902 [a] 1 year, 197 days Victoria (1837–1901) Edmund Barton (1901–1903) Edward VII (1901–1910) 2 Hallam Tennyson 2nd Baron Tennyson GCMG, PC (1852–1928) 9 January 1903 21 ...
He dominated the Walpole–Townshend ministry, as well as the subsequent Walpole ministry, and holds the record as the longest-serving British prime minister. W. A. Speck wrote that Walpole's uninterrupted run of 20 years as prime minister "is rightly regarded as one of the major feats of British political history. Explanations are usually ...
Minister of State for Defence: The Lord Strathcona: 6 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 The Viscount Trenchard: 5 January 1981 – 29 May 1981 [6] Minister of State for the Armed Forces: Peter Blaker: 29 May 1981 John Stanley: 13 June 1983 Ian Stewart: 13 June 1987 The Hon Archie Hamilton: 25 July 1988 Minister of State for Defence Procurement: The ...
Ms. Augustine was the Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from 1994 to 1996. She subsequently served as the Minister of State for Multiculturalism and the Status of Women in the Cabinet of Canada from 2002 to 2004. Following her retirement from politics, she has served as the patron of several non-profit organizations ...
Thomas Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.