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UK Prime Ministers
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 the first prime minister of England?
There never was a Prime Minister of England. At the time of the first prime minister England was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The first prime minister of the UK was Robert Walpole (1676-1745). His period of office lasted from 1721-1742.
(The term 'prime minister' had no official standing in Britain till 1906. It was a more a nickname for the chief minister, who held the office of First Lord of the Treasury. However, there is unanimous agreement among historians that Walpole was the first prime minister of a cabinet style government responsible to Parliament).
Robert Walpole.
Who was the shortest british prime minister?
David Laws
Laws was appointed Chief Secretary of the Treasury (a Cabinet post, but the PM and Chancellor are the highest ranked leaders of the Treasury) on the 12th May 2010, shortly after he helped negotiate for the formation of the Coalition government. However, it was soon discovered that Laws had been claiming expenses for a home he shared with a sexual partner he was not legally partnership with, which was against the rules for claiming expenses. Laws had not wanted to do this as he would reveal the fact his sexual partner was male. He resigned from the Cabnet on the 19th May and was replaced by fellow Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander, who had just been appointed Secretary for Scotland.
Who was the British Prime Minister in 1958?
Sir Winston Churchill served as the Prime minister of England from 1951 to 1955, while Sir Anthony Eden remained in office from 1955 to 1957. From 1957 to 1963 Harold Mc Millan was the Prime Minister.
What is your past three ministers?
The last three British Prime Ministers are David Cameron, who is currently in office after being elected head of a Conservative / Liberal Democrat Coalition in May 2010, his predecessor Gordon Brown, who was Labour PM after taking over from Tony Blair in May 2007 after Blair resigned (Brown had up until then been Blair's Chancellor), and Tony Blair, who was elected in May 1997 but forced to resign exactly ten year's later following public opposition to his support for the Iraq War and his increased tendency to behave like a dictator.
Could the UK have a Muslim prime minister?
From purely a question of law, yes, there is no religious bar to the office of Prime Minister of the UK.
From a question of societal pressures and how Britons would feel about a Muslim coming to power as a Prime Minister, there are likely to be more obstacles. There would be two main arguments: the first would be how a member from a minority group could be expected to represent the will and views of the majority culture and the second would be a question of ideological loyalties. The first argument is an attempt to mask the cultural issues brought up in the second.
What socioeconomic class did churchill belong?
I think he could be Upper Class as his ancestors were Earls and they are in the rank below kings and queens :)
Edward Heath served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from June 19, 1970 to March 4, 1974. Prior to becoming the Prime Minister, he served as the Leader of the Opposition from March 1974 to February 1975 and from July 1965 to June 1970.
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1919?
David Lloyd George, who was the first Welshman to hold the office.
He replaced Herbert Asquith as Prime Minister in 1916 in the middle of WW1, following disagreements within the War Cabinet over policy in handling the conflict. He was present at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, was the PM who finally gave women the vote (although only if they were over 30), and was in office up until October 1922.
He died in 1945 aged 82, soon after the end of WW2 in Europe.
What is the length of the British prime minister?
Do you mean his HEIGHT, or how long he can be in office?!
If the former, I've no idea how tall the current Prime Minister David Cameron is, but if you're asking how long they can remain in office, then there's no fixed term. Unlike the US President, there's no limit to the amount of time a British Premier can stay in office- elections have to be held every five years (although they CAN be held after four if the governing Party thinks it's got a good chance of getting re-elected then), but the PM can stay on for as long as their health allows and for as long as they have the support both of their Party and the electorate.
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1965?
James Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1965.
Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1964 October 16 to 1970 June 19 and again from 1974 March 4 March to 1976 April 5.
Harold Wilson led the Labour Party from 1963 February 14 to 1976 April 5. A election in 1964 gave Labour a slim 4 seat majority in the assembly. However after the 1966 election their margin increased to 96 seats.
During Wilson's first term there was an unsuccessful attempt to avoid devaluing the pound. He re-nationalized the steel industry. Wilson allowed for social reforms while limiting immigration into the United Kingdom. Attempts were made to improve education, but a promise to raise the education age to 16 was left unfulfilled. Labour was defeated in 1970 by the Conservatives.
After the first 1974 election Labour was able to form a coalition with the Liberals to return to power. In Wilson's second term, there was increased social spending, with price controls and taxes on the rich. Wilson resigned in 1976 passing control to James Callaghan.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which do not have separate prime ministers.
What does the Executive branch of the British government do?
In the UK, the three branches of government work closely together. The Departments of the Government make up the Executive Branch while the Prime Minister is in charge. The Executive Branch works under the Legislative Branch, giving advice, deciding on policies and implementing new laws. The Departments each have an MP in charge.
Who was the Prime Minister from 1915 to 1918?
# I clearly need more information in order to supply you with a correct answer to your question, but if I had to guess, I'd say, Amanda Catalano.
Who was the British Prime Minister after Lloyd George?
This was the Conservative Andrew Bonar Law, who was only in office for seven months, from23rd October '22 to 20th May '23. He became Prime Minister as a result of a decison by the Conservative Party to withdraw from the Coalition Government headed by David Lloyd George, which had been in office since outbreak of WW1.
However, he resigned due to ill-health in May 1923 and died in the November of that year, aged 75.
How many british prime ministers have been born in wales?
Only one so far, David Lloyd George, who was Prime Minister from 1916 to '22. He had been Chancellor to the previous PM Herbert Asquith, but the latter resigned in the middle of WW1 following disagreements with his cabinet about war policy, and Lloyd George replaced him.
Lloyd George's first language was Welsh, and his term in office coincided with that of a Welsh Prime Minister of another country, Billy Hughes of Australia.
He died in 1945, soon after the end of WW2 in Europe, at the age of 82.
However, there have been English PM's who have been members of Parliament for Welsh constituencies, inlcuding former PM James Callaghan. There have also been several high-ranking Government Ministers who have been Welsh, including Clement Attlee's Health secretary Aneurin Bevan, who effectively created the National Health Service, and Margaret Thatcher's Defence secretary Michael Hestletine.
The leader of the Labour Party from 1983-'92 was a Welshman, Neil Kinnock, although he was never PM and resigned as Labour leader after Labour lost two elections under his leadership. He is largely responsible for having begun the process of moving Labour away from it's Socialist roots and betraying it's fundamental principles, as well as having been a loutish bully whom few people respected. Few people in Wales nowadays have any admiration for him.
Who is prime minister of the UK at the moment?
As of 13 September 2012, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Rt Hon David William Donald Cameron MP.
Who was the british prime minister who took over the war?
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940
What is the full name of the UK prime minister?
As well as being head of government, a prime minister may have other roles or titles - the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, for example, is also First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service.[1] Prime ministers may take other ministerial posts - for example during the Second World War Winston Churchill was also Minister of Defence (although there was then no Ministry of Defence). The Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, was famous for forming his cabinet entirely of himself and his deputy as soon as the overall result of the 1972 federal election was beyond doubt (see First Whitlam Ministry).
From Wikipedia
Winston Churchill won the nobel prize for literature in 1953, while he was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is the only Prime Minister of the world to have won the nobel prize for literature.
Prime minister in the UK at the start of world war 2?
Neville Chamberlain was the prime minister at the start of WW2.
