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Head of her majestey's government, the Prime Minister office dates back to 1721. Prime Ministers traditionally live at 10 Downing Street in London. The Prime Minister is appointed by the queen, and is felt to inspire confidence in the House of Commons.

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Who was British Prime Minister in World War 2?

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Answer When Britain declared war on Germany, on 3rd September 1939, the Prime Minister was Neville Chanberlain. He resigned on 10th May 1940 amid increasing criticism of the conduct of the war. He died six months later, on 9th November 1940. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Winston Churchill, who despite being regarded as one of the greatest Prime Ministers because of his conduct of the war, was defeated in the General Election of 1945.
Neville Chamberlain until May 1940. Winston Churchill from May 1940 until July 1945. Clement Attlee from July 1945
At the beginning of the war, on 3rd September 1939, it was Neville Chamberlain, whose attempts at controlling Hitler by diplomatic means had failed despite the apparent success of the Munich Summit the previous year.

After the disastrous Anglo-French retreat from the beaches of Dunkirk, Chamberlain resigned in May 1940 and was replaced by Winston Churchill, who took over the post only a couple of weeks before the Battle of Britain and remained in office as head of a Coalition Government until the end of the war in Europe in May 1945.

Very soon after this, a General Election was called which saw Churchill ousted and replaced by the Labour government of Clement Attlee- it was Attlee who was Prime Minister when the war ended against Japan, in August 1945.

Who was the british prime minister at the outbreak of World War?

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Neville Chamberlain. He gave away Czechoslovakia to Hitler to try and appease him and when Hitler invaded Poland (on Sept. 1, 1939) his day's were numbered. He was soon replaced by Winston Churchill, who warned England about the dangers from Nazi Germany for years prior to 1939.

Who has been british prime minister past and present?

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Eighteenth Century Prime Ministers, period of office and political party
  • Sir Robert Walpole 1721-42 Whig
  • Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington 1742-3 Whig
  • Henry Pelham 1743-54 Whig
  • Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle 1754-6 and 1757-62 Whig
  • William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire 1756-7 Whig
  • John Stuart, Earl of Bute 1762-3 Tory
  • George Grenville 1763-5 Whig
  • Charles Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham 1765-6 1782 Whig
  • The Earl of Chatham, William Pitt 'The Elder' 1766-8 Whig
  • Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton 1768-70 Whig
  • Lord North 1770-82 Tory
  • William Petty, Earl of Shelburne 1782-3 Whig
  • William Bentinck, Duke of Portland 1783 and 1807-9 Whig
Nineteenth Century Prime Ministers, period of office and political party
  • William Pitt 'The Younger' 1783-1801 and 1804-6 Tory
  • Henry Addington 1801-4 Tory
  • William Wyndam Grenville, Lord Grenville 1806-7 Whig
  • Spencer Perceval 1809-12 Tory
  • Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool 1812-27 Tory
  • George Canning 1827 Tory
  • Frederick Robinson, Viscount Goderich 1827-8 Tory
  • Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 1828-30 Tory
  • Earl Grey 1830-34 Whig
  • William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne 1834 and 1835-41 Whig
  • Sir Robert Peel 1834-5 and 1841-6 Tory
  • Earl Russell 1846-51 1865-6 Liberal
  • The Earl of Derby 1852, 1858-9 and 1866-8, Conservative
  • Earl of Aberdeen 1852-5 Tory
  • Viscount Palmerston 1855-8 and 1859-65 Liberal
  • Benjamin Disraeli 1868 and 1874-80 Conservative
  • William Ewart Gladstone 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94 Liberal
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury 1885-6, 1886-92 and 1895-1902 Conservative
  • The Earl of Rosebery 1894-5 Liberal
Twentieth Century Prime Ministers, period of office and political party
  • Arthur James Balfour 1902-5 Conservative
  • Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1905-8 Liberal
  • Herbert Henry Asquith 1908-16 Liberal
  • David Lloyd George 1916-22 Liberal
  • Andrew Bonar Law 1922-3 Conservative
  • Stanley Baldwin 1923, 1924-9, 1935-7 Conservative
  • James Ramsay MacDonald 1924 and 1929-35 Labour
  • Arthur Neville Chamberlain 1937-40 Conservative
  • Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-5 and 1951-5 Conservative
  • Clement Richard Attlee 1945-51 Labour
  • Anthony Eden 1955-7 Conservative
  • Harold Macmillan 1957-63 Conservative
  • Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1963-4 Conservative
  • Harold Wilson 1964-70 and 1974-6 Labour
  • Edward Heath 1970-4 Conservative
  • James Callaghan 1976-9 Labour
  • Margaret Thatcher 1979-90 Conservative
  • John Major 1990-97 Conservative
  • Tony Blair 1997-2007 Labour

What is the surname of the British prime minister?

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Usually four or five years. General Elections have to happen at least every five years, but the Prime Minister can call them a year early if he wishes (usually if he has good approval ratings).

Is house of lords elect the UK prime minister?

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The answer is no. First of all they are Princes of the United Kingdom - not England. In fact Charles the heir to the throne is Prince of Wales.

No Royal can be Prime Minister or a member of Parliament. It is called the House of Commons - or commoners (non-royal).

Does the prime minister make rules in the UK?

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No - the Prime Minister is simply the leader of the governing party. He (or she) has no more power to make policy decisions than any other individual MP. Political decisions are usually put to the vote of the house - before being passed to the Lords for ascension into law.

How many women prime minister did Britain have?

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There has been one female prime minister - Margaret Thatcher.

Who was the British Prime Minister that led Britain into World War 2?

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Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill both did. There was third, if I remember correctly, but I can't remember his name.

* Sorry misread the question... it was Winston Churchill that led them to victory.

Why did British prime minister Baldwin resign?

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To let Churchill lead the nation in WW2. Also, he had: 1) Not prepared the UK sufficiently (through re-armament) for war with Germany and 2) supported Chamberlain's policy of appeasement with Nazi Germany.

Who was the prime minister of the UK when World War 2 broke out?

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Technically, Neville Chamberlain was the Prime minister at the START of the war. He was unwilling to be "responsible for" and "go down in history" for an inevitably destructive war. His nickname was "The Coroner." He only spent about 2 years as the PM.

Chamberlain was 68 when he became the PM and was educated at Rugby School and Mason College (now the University of Birmingham). Chamberlain is little remembered because he didn't have the balls to deal with war, though he would likely not have been enough of a boss (like his successor) to support and encourage his country during wartime (especially WORLD WAR II).

Perhaps the most famous Prime Minister in our life times (and the boss-est gangsta ever to lead the British), Sir Winston Churchill, became the Prime Minister in 1940, though the actual war start on September 1, 1939. He was a boss...(:

Who was the Prime Minister in UK in 1889?

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Salisbury till 1892

Gladstone 1892-94

Rosebery 1894-95

Salisbury 1895-1903

How old was John Major when he became prime minister?

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On 20 November 1990, Thatcher failed to win outright on the first ballot of the Conservative party leadership challenge, against Micheal Heseltine. The contest then went to a second ballot (on November 27th) in which Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and Chancellor of the Exchequer John Major joined in. Major received 185 votes and was technically a few votes short of a clear victory, however Heseltine and Hurd withdrew from the contest in Major's favour. It was therefore announced that Major was elected unopposed as Leader of the Conservative Party on November 27, 1990. He was summoned to Buckingham Palace to become Prime Minister on November 28th 1990, succeeding Thatcher who had held the post since May 1979.

Major had held three cabinet posts before the premiership. He entered the cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in June 1987. In July 1989 he was promoted to Foreign Secretary, but spent only 3 months in the job before becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer in October 1989.

Who can be UK prime minister?

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Anyone is entitled to become Prime Minister if they are a British national- it requires no formal qualifications or University degrees, nor any substantial background in finance or buisness. But it IS necessary to have developed political experience- you need to have belonged to a political party of your choice for a significant number of years, and to have served for some time in local or regional Government as an elected Councillor.

This will stand you in good stead to stand as a Parliamentary candidate at a general election, provided that the party in your constituency is prepared to back your candidacy- if you are elected, you become an official Member of Parliament and begin as a 'back bencher', an ordinary MP representing your electorate with no ministerial position. You will need to have served as such for several years in order to impress the leader of your Party in the House of Commons that you have good credentials to be considered to rise above this rank- that you have the intelligence, leadership qualities, and all-round political ability to hold down a Ministerial role. If your Party is in Opposition, you can become Shadow Minister for a given aspect of government- if it is the Governing party, you assume the job and become part of what is called the Cabinet- the group of MPs who actually govern the nation. If you do well at your post, then you can in time be considered for election as Party Leader if enough of your Parliamentary colleagues support you.

The only basic credentials for standing for Parliament are that you have to be over 21 years old and of sound mind. Although an impressive academic CV is not necessary, most Prime Ministers DO have a background in either higher education or as big buisness executives, or as prominent figures in the world of fianance. John Major had no University degree, but he had worked as a high-flying financial executive before he entered politics. Some politicians get to become Prime Minister remarkably young- for instance, David cameron and Tony Blair were both only in their mid 40s when they took over the job. But you need to be really single-minded and quite ruthlessly ambitious to achieve this- many politicians serve out their entire working lives as back benchers without ever receiving a Ministerial portfolio.

Who was the british prime minister in 1870?

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William Ewart Gladstone ; he served as Prime Minister four separate times (1868-1874, 1880-1885, February-July 1886 and 1892-1894) .

Who is British Prime Minister on Sunday 3rd September 1939?

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The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. Within the ranks of the Allied powers, the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America were known as "The Big Three". U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to the Big Three and China as the "Four Policemen". Poland and France, before its defeat in 1940 and after Operation Torch in 1942, were considered major allies.[1][2] During December 1941, Roosevelt devised the name "United Nations" for the Allies, and the Declaration by United Nations, on 1 January 1942, was the basis of the modern UN.[3] At the Potsdam Conference of July-August 1945, Roosevelt's successor, Harry S. Truman, proposed that the foreign ministers of China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States "should draft the peace treaties and boundary settlements of Europe," which led to the creation of the Council of Foreign Ministers.[4] Today, some sources refer to the WWII "United Nations" as the "Allied Powers", as opposed to the Axis powers.

Who was the British prime minister in 1961?

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Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 - 29 December 1986), the British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945?

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There has never been a Prime Minister of England; England is a part of, but not the same as, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, often abbreviated as UK.

The office of Prime Minister was instituted long after the Act of Union in 1707 which created The United Kingdom.

UK Prime ministers 1940 to 1945:

Neville Chamberlain - in office from 28 May 1937 until 10 May 1940.

Winston Churchill - in office from 10 May 1940 until 26 July 1945.

Clement Attlee - in office from 26 July 1945 until 26 October 1951.

Who was the british prime minister prior to World War 2?

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Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister in 1936 and was succeeded by Winston Churchill in May 1940

What is a Minster?

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Music ministry is the use of songs of praise and worship anywhere to spread the gospel message and/or encourage christians.

What was the name of the prime minister of the UK in the 1980s?

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The following were the prime ministers from 1970 to 1980 with their terms of office:

Harold Wilson: 16 October 1964 to 19 June 1970.

Edward Heath: 19 June 1970 to 4 March 1974.

Harold Wilson: 4 March 1974 to 5 April 1976.

James Callaghan: 5 April 1976 to 4 May 1979.

Margaret Thatcher: 4 May 1979 to 28 November 1990.

When was Margaret Thatcher the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

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It was probably Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). She was the widow of Solomon Bandaranaike, a former prime minister, who was assassinated in 1959. She was elected in 1960, the first time any country had a woman prime minister.

British prime minister at the Munich conference?

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Neville Chamberlain.

He has also been described as Hitler's best bodyguard, having in one way or another thwarted several well-planned attempts to assassinate him both before and after the War started.

Which british prime minister is accoisated with appeasment?

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The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

How many kids did David Lloyd George have?

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David Lloyd George had two daughters by his first wife, Mair, who died at the age of 17 in 1907, and Megan, who later became a Member of Parliament.

His second marriage, to Frances née Stevenson, may have produced one daughter, Jennifer.

Can the British Prime Minister be replaced by his party while in office?

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Technically, this is done by the Queen in a short ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
She always chooses the leader of the political party with the majority in the House of Commons.

Changes of PM only happen after General Elections or when the party in power changes its leader.