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First Minister: Michelle O'Neill: 3 February 2024 (11 months ago) () Sinn Féin [3] Deputy First Minister: Emma Little-Pengelly: Democratic Unionist Party Scotland: First Minister: John Swinney: 8 May 2024 (8 months ago) () Scottish National Party [4] Wales: First Minister: Eluned Morgan: 6 August 2024 (5 months ago) () Welsh Labour [5]
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
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889–2001) Minister of Technology (1964–1970) First Lord of the Admiralty (1709–1964) See also Admiralty. Paymaster General (1834–present) Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855) President of the Board of Trade (1696–1782; 1784–present)
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 ...
[91] [92] [93] The meeting between the monarch and the incoming prime minister is a moment for the latter to pledge their loyalty to the monarch and seek permission to form a new government. The prime minister is expected to bow before the monarch in a ceremony known as "kissing hands". Following this, the prime minister is officially appointed ...
Keir Starmer's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 5 July 2024 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government, succeeding Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party. As prime minister, Starmer is serving concurrently as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union.
Appointment and dismissal of prime ministers are common reserve powers that can be exercised by the King or his governors-general. To date, Charles has appointed six new prime ministers, the first being Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 25 October 2022 and the most recent being Sir Keir Starmer to the same office on 5 July ...
David Lloyd George was Welsh and a first-language Welsh speaker, but was born in England. No prime minister has ever been born in Northern Ireland, Wales, or South West England. Four prime ministers were born outside the modern United Kingdom, the most recent being Boris Johnson (2019–2022).