List of Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth with Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies during her first visit to Australia in 1954

Queen Elizabeth II has been head of state of 32 different Commonwealth realms since 1952. Currently, there are 16 realms. The Queen has had 12 British Prime Ministers, second only to George III, who had 14, and two more than the number had by Queen Victoria. She has also had 14 New Zealand Prime Ministers, 12 Australian Prime Ministers and 11 Canadian Prime Ministers. The Queen has had a total of 157 Prime Ministers during her reign.

This list does not cover Commonwealth nations which are not Commonwealth realms, i.e. those that do not have the Queen as head of state. Prime Ministers of nations which have since ceased to be Commonwealth realms during Queen Elizabeth's reign are listed in the second section.

Prime Ministers of current Commonwealth realms

Antigua and Barbuda

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda became an independent Commonwealth realm on 1 November 1981 with Vere Bird as the first Prime Minister. Bird had previously been Premier of Antigua.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Vere Bird	1 November 1981	9 March 1994
2		Lester Bird	9 March 1994	24 March 2004
3		Baldwin Spencer	24 March 2004

Australia

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Australia

Robert Menzies was the incumbent Prime Minister of Australia when Elizabeth became Queen.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Robert Menzies	19 December 1949	26 January 1966
2		Harold Holt	26 January 1966	19 December 1967
3		John McEwen	19 December 1967	10 January 1968
4		John Gorton	10 January 1968	10 March 1971
5		William McMahon	10 March 1971	5 December 1972
6		Gough Whitlam	5 December 1972	11 November 1975
7		Malcolm Fraser	11 November 1975	11 March 1983
8		Bob Hawke	11 March 1983	20 December 1991
9		Paul Keating	20 December 1991	11 March 1996
10		John Howard	11 March 1996	3 December 2007
11		Kevin Rudd	3 December 2007	24 June 2010
12		Julia Gillard	24 June 2010

The Bahamas

See also: List of Prime Ministers of the Bahamas

The Bahamas became an independent Commonwealth realm on 10 July 1973 with Lynden Pindling as the first Prime Minister. Pindling had previously been Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahama Islands.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Lynden Pindling	10 July 1973	21 August 1992
2		Hubert Ingraham	21 August 1992	3 May 2002
3		Perry Christie	3 May 2002	4 May 2007
(2)		Hubert Ingraham	4 May 2007	8 May 2012
(3)		Perry Christie	8 May 2012

Barbados

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Barbados

Barbados became an independent Commonwealth realm on 30 November 1966 with Errol Barrow as the first Prime Minister. Barrow had previously been Premier of Barbados.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Errol Barrow	1966	1976
2		J.M.G.M. 'Tom' Adams	1976	1985
3		Bernard St. John	1985	1986
(1)		Errol Barrow	1986	1987
4		Erskine Sandiford	1987	1994
5		Owen Arthur	1994	2008
6		David Thompson	2008	2010
7		Freundel Stuart	2010

Belize

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Belize

Belize became an independent Commonwealth realm on 21 September 1981 with George Price as the first Prime Minister. Price had previously been Premier of Belize.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		George Price	1981	1984
2		Manuel Esquivel	1984	1989
(1)		George Price	1989	1993
(2)		Manuel Esquivel	1993	1998
3		Said Musa	1998	2008
4		Dean Barrow	2008

Canada

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Canada

Louis St. Laurent was the incumbent Prime Minister of Canada when Elizabeth became Queen.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Louis St. Laurent	15 November 1948	21 June 1957
2		John Diefenbaker	21 June 1957	22 April 1963
3		Lester B. Pearson	22 April 1963	20 April 1968
4		Pierre Trudeau	20 April 1968	4 June 1979
5		Joe Clark	4 June 1979	3 March 1980
(4)		Pierre Trudeau	3 March 1980	30 June 1984
6		John Turner	30 June 1984	17 September 1984
7		Brian Mulroney	17 September 1984	25 June 1993
8		Kim Campbell	25 June 1993	4 November 1993
9		Jean Chrétien	4 November 1993	12 December 2003
10		Paul Martin	12 December 2003	6 February 2006
11		Stephen Harper	6 February 2006

Grenada

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Grenada

Grenada became an independent Commonwealth realm on 7 February 1974 with Eric Gairy as the first Prime Minister. Gairy had previously been Premier of Grenada.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Eric Gairy	1974	1979
		Maurice Bishop (de facto, see People's Revolutionary Government)	1979	1983
2		Herbert Blaize	1984	1989
3		Ben Jones	1989	1990
4		Nicholas Brathwaite	1990	1995
5		George Brizan	1995	1995
6		Keith Mitchell	1995	2008
7		Tillman Thomas	2008	2013
(6)		Keith Mitchell	2013

Jamaica

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Jamaica

Jamaica became an independent Commonwealth realm on 6 August 1962 with Alexander Bustamante as the first Prime Minister. Bustamante had previously been Chief Minister of Jamaica.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Sir Alexander Bustamante	1962	1967
2		Sir Donald Sangster	1967	1967
3		Hugh Shearer	1967	1972
4		Michael Manley	1972	1980
5		Edward Seaga	1980	1989
(4)		Michael Manley	1989	1992
6		Percival Patterson	1992	2006
7		Portia Simpson-Miller	2006	2007
8		Bruce Golding	2007	2011
8		Andrew Holness	2011	2012
(7)		Portia Simpson-Miller	2012

New Zealand

See also: List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand

Sidney Holland was the incumbent Prime Minister of New Zealand when Elizabeth became Queen.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Sidney Holland	13 December 1949	20 September 1957
2		Keith Holyoake	20 September 1957	12 December 1957
3		Walter Nash	12 December 1957	12 December 1960
(2)		Keith Holyoake	12 December 1960	7 February 1972
4		Jack Marshall	7 February 1972	8 December 1972
5		Norman Kirk	8 December 1972	31 August 1974
6		Bill Rowling	6 September 1974	12 December 1975
7		Robert Muldoon	12 December 1975	26 July 1984
8		David Lange	26 July 1984	8 August 1989
9		Geoffrey Palmer	8 August 1989	4 September 1990
10		Mike Moore	4 September 1990	2 November 1990
11		Jim Bolger	2 November 1990	8 December 1997
12		Jenny Shipley	8 December 1997	5 December 1999
13		Helen Clark	5 December 1999	19 November 2008
14		John Key	19 November 2008

Papua New Guinea

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea became an independent Commonwealth realm on 16 September 1975 with Michael Somare as the first Prime Minister. Somare had previously been Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Sir Michael Somare	1975	1980
2		Sir Julius Chan	1980	1982
(1)		Sir Michael Somare	1982	1985
3		Paias Wingti	1985	1988
4		Rabbie Namaliu	1988	1992
(3)		Paias Wingti	1992	1994
(2)		Sir Julius Chan	1994	1997
5		Bill Skate	1997	1999
6		Sir Mekere Morauta	1999	2002
(1)		Sir Michael Somare	2002	2011
7		Peter O'Neill	2011

Saint Kitts and Nevis

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis became an independent Commonwealth realm on 19 September 1983 with Kennedy Simmonds as the first Prime Minister. Simmonds had previously been Premier of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Sir Kennedy Simmonds	1983	1995
2		Denzil Douglas	1995

Saint Lucia

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia became an independent Commonwealth realm on 6 August 1962 with John Compton as the first Prime Minister. Compton had previously been Chief Minister of Saint Lucia.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Sir John Compton	1979	1979
2		Allan Louisy	1979	1981
3		Winston Cenac	1981	1982
4		Michael Pilgrim	1982	1982
(1)		Sir John Compton	1982	1996
5		Vaughan Lewis	1996	1997
6		Kenny Anthony	1997	2006
(1)		Sir John Compton	2006	2007
7		Stephenson King	2007	2011
(6)		Kenny Anthony	2011

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became an independent Commonwealth realm on 27 October 1979 with Milton Cato as the first Prime Minister. Cato had previously been Premier of Saint Vincent.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Milton Cato	1979	1984
2		Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell	1984	2000
3		Arnhim Eustace	2000	2001
4		Ralph Gonsalves	2001

Solomon Islands

See also: List of Prime Ministers of the Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands became an independent Commonwealth realm on 7 July 1978 with Peter Kenilorea as the first Prime Minister. Kenilorea had previously been Chief Minister of the Solomon Islands.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Peter Kenilorea	1978	1981
2		Solomon Mamaloni	1981	1984
(1)		Peter Kenilorea	1984	1986
3		Ezekiel Alebua	1986	1989
4		Francis Billy Hilly	1993	1994
(2)		Solomon Mamaloni	1994	1997
5		Bartholomew Ulufa'alu	1997	2000
6		Manasseh Sogavare	2000	2001
7		Sir Allan Kemakeza	2001	2006
8		Snyder Rini	2006	2006
(6)		Manasseh Sogavare	2006	2007
9		Derek Sikua	2007	2010
10		Danny Philip	2010	2011
11		Gordon Lilo Darcy	2011

Tuvalu

See also: List of Prime Ministers of Tuvalu

Tuvalu became an independent Commonwealth realm on 1 October 1978 with Toaripi Lauti as the first Prime Minister. Lauti had previously been Chief Minister of Tuvalu.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Toaripi Lauti	1979	1981
2		Tomasi Puapua	1981	1989
3		Bikenibeu Paeniu	1989	1993
4		Kamuta Latasi	1993	1996
(3)		Bikenibeu Paeniu	1996	1999
5		Ionatana Ionatana	1999	2000
6		Lagitupu Tuilimu	2000	2001
7		Faimalaga Luka	2001	2001
8		Koloa Talake	2001	2002
9		Saufatu Sopoanga	2002	2004
10		Maatia Toafa	2004	2006
11		Apisai Ielemia	2006	2010
(10)		Maatia Toafa	2010	2010
12		Willy Telavi	2010

United Kingdom

See also: List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Winston Churchill was the incumbent Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when Elizabeth became Queen.

No.	Portrait	Name	Tenure
			Took office	Left office
1		Winston Churchill	26 October 1951	7 April 1955
2		Anthony Eden	7 April 1955	10 January 1957
3		Harold Macmillan	10 January 1957	19 October 1963
4		Alec Douglas-Home	19 October 1963	16 October 1964
5		Harold Wilson	16 October 1964	19 June 1970
6		Edward Heath	19 June 1970	4 March 1974
(5)		Harold Wilson	4 March 1974	5 April 1976
7		James Callaghan	5 April 1976	4 May 1979
8		Margaret Thatcher	4 May 1979	28 November 1990
9		John Major	28 November 1990	2 May 1997
10		Tony Blair	2 May 1997	27 June 2007
11		Gordon Brown	27 June 2007	11 May 2010
12		David Cameron	11 May 2010

Prime Ministers of former Commonwealth realms

The following former Commonwealth realms became republics during Elizabeth's reign.

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)

	Don Stephen Senanayake	1952
	Dudley Senanayake	1952–1953, 1960, 1965–1970
	Sir John Lionel Kotalawela	1953–1956
	Solomon Bandaranaike	1956–1959
	Vijayananda Dahanayake	1959–1960
	Sirimavo Bandaranaike	1960–1965, 1970–1972

Ceylon became a republic on 22 May 1972, also becoming Sri Lanka at the same time.

Fiji

	Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara	1970–1987
	Timoci Bavadra	1987

The Gambia

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Dawda Jawara	6 March 1965 – 1 July 1970

Ghana

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Kwame Nkrumah	6 March 1957 – 1 July 1960

Guyana

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Forbes Burnham	26 May 1966 – 23 February 1970

Kenya

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Jomo Kenyatta	12 December 1963 – 12 December 1964

Malawi

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Hastings Banda	6 July 1964 – 6 July 1966

Malta

	George Borg Olivier	1951-1955 1962–1971
60px	Dom Mintoff	1955-1958 1971-1974

Mauritius

	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam	1968–1982
	Sir Anerood Jugnauth	1982–1992

Nigeria

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Abubakar Tafawa Balewa	1 October 1960 – 1 October 1963

Pakistan

	Sir Khwaja Nazimuddin	1952–1953
	Mohammad Ali Bogra	1953–1955
	Chaudhry Mohammad Ali	1955–1956

Sierra Leone

	Sir Milton Margai	1961–1964
	Sir Albert Margai	1964–1967
	Siaka Stevens	1967–1971

South Africa

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Daniel Malan	6 February 1952 – 30 November 1954
2		Johannes Strijdom	30 November 1954 – 24 August 1958
3		Hendrik Verwoerd	24 August 1958 – 31 May 1961

Tanganyika

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Julius Nyerere	9 December 1961 – 22 January 1962
2		Rashidi Kawawa	22 January 1962 – 9 December 1962

Trinidad and Tobago

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Eric Williams	31 August 1962 – 1 August 1976

Uganda

No.	Portrait	Name	In Office
1		Milton Obote	9 October 1962 – 9 October 1963

See also

• States headed by Elizabeth II
• Commonwealth Heads of Government
• Constitutional monarchy