it was frank forde
Francis Forde, who was Prime Minister for a mere 8 days, from 6 July 1945 to 13 July 1945.
Francis (Frank) Forde served a term of just 8 days. He was Deputy Prime Minister during John Curtin's tenure, and when Curtin died suddenly, Forde led the government until Ben Chifley was elected eight days later.Second to Forde was Arthur Fadden, who held office for 40 days in 1941.
Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister in power as this happened.However, there were a number of previous and subsequent Prime Ministers that were alive to witness this event (though they were not Prime Minister at the time).Winston Churchill was British Prime Minister at the end of the European theatre of war on 8 May 1945. However, by the time of the Japanese surrender on 2 September,Clement Attlee had been elected as Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister of Australia in 1997 was John Howard. John Howard held this position from 1996 until 2007.
It was Sirimavo Bandaranaike. She was the prime minister of Sri Lanka three times beginning in 1960. She became prime minister after the assassination of her husband, Solomon Bandaranaike.She was followed by:Indira Gandhi,Prime minister of India from 19 Jan 1966 to 24 Mar 1977, and from 14 Jan 1980 to 31 Oct 1984Golda Meir, Prime minister of Israel from 17 Mar 1969 to 3 Jun 1974.Elisabeth Domitien,Prime minister of the Central African Republic from 3 Jan 1975 to 7 Apr 1976Margaret Thatcher,Prime minister of the United Kingdom from 4 May 1979 to 28 Nov 1990Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo,Prime minister of Portugal from 1 Aug 1979 to 3 Jan 1980Mary Eugenia Charles,Prime minister of Dominica from 21 Jul 1980 to 14 Jun 1995Gro Harlem Brundtland,Prime minister of Norway from 4 Feb to 14 Oct 1981, from 9 May 1986 to 16 Oct 1989,and from 3 Nov 1990 to 25 Oct 1996Milka Planinc,Federal prime minister of the former Socialist Yugoslavia from 16 May 1982 to 15 May 1986Benazir Bhutto,Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2 Dec 1988 to 6 Aug 1990, and again from 19 Oct 1993 to 5 Nov 1996Kazimiera Prunskiene,Prime minister of Lithuania from 17 Mar 1990 to 10 Jan 1991Khaleda Zia,Prime minister of Bangladesh from 20 Mar 1991 to 30 Mar 1996, and from 10 Oct 2001 to 29 Oct 2006Edith Cresson, Prime minister of France from 15 May 1991 to 2 Apr 1992Hanna Suchocka, Prime minister of Poland from 8 Jul 1992 to 26 Oct 1993Kim Campbell, Prime minister of Canada from 25 Jun to 5 Nov 1993Tansu Çiller, Prime minister of Turkey from 25 Jun 1993 to 7 Mar 1996Sylvie Kinigi, Prime minister of Burundi from 10 Jul 1993 to 11 Feb 1994Agathe Uwilingiyimana,Prime minister of Rwanda from 18 Jul 1993 to her killing on 7 Apr 1994Chandrika Kumaratunga, Prime minister of Sri Lanka from 19 Aug to Nov 1994Reneta Indzhova, Interim prime minister of Bulgaria from 16 Oct 1994 to 25 Jan 1995Claudette Werleigh, Prime minister of Haiti from 7 Nov 1995 to 27 Feb 1996Sheikh Hasina Wajed,Prime minister of Bangladesh from 23 Jun 1996 to 15 Jul 2001, and since 6 Jan 2009Janet Jagan, Prime minister of Guyana from 17 Mar 1997 to December 19, 1997Jenny Shipley, Prime minister of New Zealand from 8 Dec 1997 to 10 Dec 1999Irena Degutiene,Acting prime minister of Lithuania from 4 to 18 May 1999, and from 27 Oct to 3 Nov 1999Nyam-Osoriyn Tuyaa, Acting prime minister of Mongolia from 22 to 30 Jul 1999Helen Elizabeth Clark, Prime minister of New Zealand from 10 Dec 1999 to 19 Nov 2008Mame Madior Boye, Prime minister of Senegal from 3 Mar 2001 to 4 Nov 2002Chang Sang,Acting Prime minister of South Korea in 2002, from 11 Jul by appointment of president Kim Dae Jung,to 31 Jul when the Parliament rejected herMaria das Neves Ceita Baptista de Sousa,Prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 7 Oct 2002 to 16 Jul 2003Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki,Prime minister of Finland from 17 Apr to 24 Jun 2003Beatriz Merino Lucero, Prime minister of Peru from 28 Jun to 15 Dec 2003Luísa Dias Diogo, Prime minister of Mozambique from 17 Feb 2004 to 18 Jan 2010Radmila Sekerinska,Acting prime minister of Macedonia twice in 2004, from 12 May to 12 Jun,and from 18 Nov to 17 DecYuliya Tymoshenko,Prime minister of Ukraine from 24 Jan to 8 Sep 2005, and from 18 Dec 2007 to 3 Mar 2010Maria do Carmo Silveira,Prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 8 Jun 2005 to 21 Apr 2006Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany from 22 Nov 2005Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica from 30 Mar 2006 to 11 Sep 2007Han Myung Sook, Prime minister of South Korea from 19 Apr 2006 to 7 Mar 2007Zinaida Greceanii, Prime minister of Moldova from 31 Mar 2008 to 14 Sep 2009Michèle Pierre-Louis, Prime minister of Haiti from 5 Sep 2008 to 11 Nov 2009Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir, Prime minister of Iceland since 1 Feb 2009Jadranka Kosor, Prime minister of Croatia since 6 Jul 2009Cécile Manorohanta, Prime minister of Madagascar from 18 to 20 Dec 2009Roza Otunbayeva,Head of the interim Government of Kyrgyzstan from 7 Apr to 19 May 2010,then interim president of the RepublicKamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago since 26 May 2010Mari Kiviniemi, Prime minister of Finland from 22 Jun 2010 to 22 Jun 2011Julia Gillard, Prime minister of Australia since 24 Jun 2010Iveta Radicová, Prime minister of Slovakia since 8 Jul 2010Rosario Fernández Figueroa, Prime minister of Peru from 19 Mar 2011 to 28 Jul 2011Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Prime minister of Mali from 3 Apr 2011Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime minister of Thailand from 8 Aug 2011.
Charles Tupper was the 6th Prime Minister of Canada in 1896 from May 1 to July 8, only 69 days, the shortest term of any prime minister.
Charles Tupper became the 6th Prime Minister of Canada on 1896 May 1. After losing the election he resigned only 69 days later on July 8, having the shortest term of any prime minister to date.
John Turner, Canada's 17th prime minister, served as such for only 79 days, from June 30 to September 17, 1984. The only Canadian prime minister to serve a shorter term of office was Charles Tupper (May 1 to July 8, 1896).
It was Francis Forde, who was in office of just 8 days.
Francis Forde, who was Prime Minister for a mere 8 days, from 6 July 1945 to 13 July 1945.
Joe Clark was the youngest prime minister of Canada. He was 39 when he took office on June 4, 1979.
Both Sir Charles Tupper and Sir Wilfrid Laurier became the Prime Minister of Canada in 1896.Sir Mackenzie Bowell was the Prime Minister of Canada at the start of 1896 until April 27. Charles Tupper was the 6th Prime Minister of Canada in 1896 from May 1 to July 8, only 69 days, the shortest term of any prime minister. Sir Wilfred Laurier was the 7th Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 July 11 to 1911 October 6, over 15 years.
Jamaica had 8 prime minister since 1962
Roosevelt Skerrit is the Prime Minister of Dominica.Skerrit became the 7th Prime Minister of Dominica on 2004 January 8, taking over for acting Prime Minister Osborne Riviera. This followed the death of the previous Prime Minister Pierre Charles by heart attack.
The Right Honourable Paul Martin P.C., C.C., was prime minister from December 12, 2003, to February 5, 2006. This means that he served as prime minister for two (2) years, one (1) month, and twenty-five (25) days.
Aires Bonifacio Baptista Ali was the Prime Minister of Mozambique at the start of 2012. He was replaced on October 8 by Alberto Vaquina.Ali became the prime minister on 2010 January 16, serving until 2012 October 8. He was previously the Minister of Education.Vaquina was appointed as Prime Minister of Mozambique by President Armando Guebuza on 2012 October 8.
Alberto Vaquinais the Prime Minister of Mozambique in 2013.Vaquina was appointed as Prime Minister of Mozambique by President Armando Guebuza on 2012 October 8.