Uk Prime Ministers FAQ & Answers

Liz Truss served as Prime Minister for only 49 days from September 6, 2022 to October 25, 2022, making her the shortest-serving Prime Minister in UK history.

Rishi Sunak is the first Hindu Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

David Cameron was Prime Minister during the 2012 London Olympics, serving from 2010 to 2016.

Boris Johnson was Prime Minister during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, serving from 2019 to 2022.

William Gladstone served four separate terms as Prime Minister: 1868-1874, 1880-1885, February-July 1886, and 1892-1894.

Rishi Sunak is the first Prime Minister of British Asian descent, serving from 2022 to 2024.

Gordon Brown was Prime Minister during the 2008 financial crisis, serving from 2007 to 2010.

Rishi Sunak was Prime Minister during the coronation of King Charles III in May 2023.

Tony Blair was the first Prime Minister of the 21st century, continuing his term from 1997 to 2007.

Tony Blair was Prime Minister during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Liz Truss was the first Prime Minister to serve under King Charles III, from September to October 2022.

David Cameron was Prime Minister during the 2016 Brexit referendum and resigned afterward.

Sir Robert Walpole, who served from 1721 to 1742, is generally considered the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Tony Blair never lost a general election, winning three consecutive elections in 1997, 2001, and 2005.

John Major was Prime Minister during the Gulf War in 1990-1991.

Ramsay MacDonald was the first Prime Minister from the Labour Party, serving in 1924 and again from 1929 to 1935.

Margaret Thatcher served the longest as Prime Minister under Queen Elizabeth II, from 1979 to 1990 (11 years and 209 days).

Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister when the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989.

David Lloyd George was Prime Minister during the partition of Ireland and the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Liz Truss was the last Prime Minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II, in September 2022.

Keir Starmer became Prime Minister after winning the July 2024 general election.

Sir Robert Walpole served the longest continuous term from 1721 to 1742, totaling approximately 20 years and 314 days.

Winston Churchill served as Prime Minister during most of World War II from 1940 to 1945.

Frederick North, Lord North served as Prime Minister during the American Revolutionary War from 1770 to 1782.

Liz Truss was Prime Minister when Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022.

Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated, shot on May 11, 1812.

Margaret Thatcher became the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, serving from 1979 to 1990.

Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister during the Falklands War in 1982.

Clement Attlee established the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948 during his term as Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951.

Anthony Eden was Prime Minister during the Suez Crisis, serving from 1955 to 1957.

Tony Blair was Prime Minister when the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998.

Winston Churchill was the first Prime Minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II, from 1951 to 1955.