Pallade Veneta - Queen Elizabeth II's 15 prime ministers

Weather - Venezia 11°C

Queen Elizabeth II's 15 prime ministers

THINGS TO KNOW 05.09.2022

Queen Elizabeth II's 15 prime ministers / Photo: STEFAN ROUSSEAU - POOL/AFP

Liz Truss, who won the Conservative party leadership election on Monday, will become the 15th UK prime minister during the reign of head of state Queen Elizabeth II.

Change text size:

The monarch will ask Truss to form a government on Tuesday, once Boris Johnson has formally tendered his resignation.

Here is a list of the previous occupants of 10 Downing Street since the queen came to the throne in 1952.

Winston Churchill (Conservative, 1951-55)

Anthony Eden (Conservative, 1955-57)

Harold Macmillan (Conservative, 1957-63)

Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative, 1963-64)

Harold Wilson (Labour, 1964-70)

Edward Heath (Conservative, 1970-74)

Harold Wilson (Labour, 1974-76)

James Callaghan (Labour, 1976-79)

Margaret Thatcher (Conservative, 1979-90)

John Major (Conservative, 1990-97)

Tony Blair (Labour, 1997-2007)

Gordon Brown (Labour, 2007-10)

David Cameron (Conservative, 2010-16)

Theresa May (Conservative, 2016-19)

Boris Johnson (Conservative, 2019-22)

F.M.Ferrentino--PV

Featured

Vessel operator seeks witnesses after Vancouver grounding

VANCOUVER — The operator of a vessel that ran aground on a sandbar off Vancouver last month says “malicious” tampering was the cause and he’s urging witnesses to come forward. Kevin Skewes, the owner of Spirit Cruises, says someone hit the Pride of Vancouver’s kill switch on the night of Oct.

Bezos grant helps Seattle nonprofit move thousands of families toward housing

Seattle’s nonprofit organisation Mary’s Place is a place which supports families who are homeless. They provide emergency shelter to the needy and partner with different organisations so people should have shelter and they don't remain homeless.

Shrini Srivastava joins crew of Varanasi-Delhi Vande Bharat Sleeper service

Shrini Srivastava, an electronics engineer from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, joined Indian Railways as an assistant loco pilot in April 2017. Seven years later, she made headlines after operating a Vande Bharat train and receiving an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony in June 2024.

Hamad International Airport stages emergency drills during WATAN 2026

Field exercises simulating emergency-response procedures were conducted at Hamad International Airport (HIA) Monday as part of the nationwide WATAN 2026 exercise, Qatar Airways announced. In a notice posted on its official X account, the national carrier said passengers and airport visitors may notice increased ground activity at designated locations across the airport, as well as related activities in the surrounding airspace.

Change text size: