List of UK Prime Ministers Since 1945

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UK Prime Ministers

Current PM of United Kingdom Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has resigned in the month of July 2022 after a series of scandals which led to a large number of ministerial resignations and on September 5, 2022, UK will choose the next successor for the post of PM.

The office of prime minister was established in Britain in the 18th century, when King George I stopped attending meetings of his ministers and it was left to powerful minsters to act as government chief executive and considering that authoritative post, Sir Robert Walpole is considered as the first prime minister of Britain.

The Prime Minister is the leader of Her Majesty’s Government and He is the one who is majorly responsible for all the policy and decisions taken by the government.

Other than this, he has other duties too like –

monitoring the operation of the Civil Service and other government agencies
selecting the members of the government
is the head of government in the House of Commons

Since he is also the Minister of the Union, so he also ensures the functioning of the government on behalf of the entire United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The official residence of the Prime Minister of Britain is 10 Downing Street, London.

In this article we will go through the tenures of Prime Minister of United Kingdom from 1945 in a form of table. Check this out –

List of UK Prime Ministers

Name of Prime Ministers	Serving Duration
Winston Churchill	10th May 1940- 26th July 1945
Clement Attlee	26th July 1945- 26th October 1951
Sir Winston Churchill	26th October 1951- 5th April 1955
Sir Anthony Eden	6th April 1955- 9th January 1957
Harold Macmillan	10th January 1957- 18th October 1963
Sir Alec Douglas-Home	19 October 1963- 16 October 1964
Harold Wilson	16 October 1964- 19 June 1970
Edward Heath	19 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Harold Wilson	4 March 1974- 5 April 1976
James Callaghan	5 April 1976- 4 May 1979
Margaret Thatcher	4 May 1979- 28 November 1990
John Major	28 November 1990- 2 May 1997
Tony Blair	2 May 1997- 27 June 2007
Gordon Brown	27 June 2007 – 11 May 2010
David Cameron	11 May 2010- 13 July 2016
Theresa May	13 July 2016- 24 July 2019
Boris Johnson	24 July 2019- till date

Prime Minister of UK: FAQs

Q1. Who was the PM of UK in 1945?
Ans. Winston Churchill was the PM of UK in 1945.

Q2. Who is the Indian-origin candidate contesting for the seat of PM in United Kingdom?
Ans. Former chancellor Rishi Sunak.

Q3. Who was the longest serving prime minister of UK?
Ans. Sir Robert Walpole, served for 20 years and 315 days from 3 April 1721 until 11 February 1742 as the Prime Minister of UK.

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