Prime Minister of Australia

Anthony Albanese is the current Prime Minister

The prime minister of Australia is the head of the executive branch of the government of Australia. The prime minister leads the cabinet of Australia and is the highest ranking minister of the Crown in the federal parliament. The prime minister is appointed by the monarch, who is advised by the governor-general.

The current prime minister of Australia, since May 2022, is Anthony Albanese.

Prime ministerial power and roles

• The prime minister can choose his or her own ministers;
• Can choose election dates;
• Represents the country;
• Spokesperson for the government, both domestically and internationally;
• Advisor to the Governor-General;
• Create bills in parliament

List of prime ministers

No.	Name	Party	Assumed office	Left office
1	Edmund Barton	Protectionist	1 January 1901	24 September 1903
2	Alfred Deakin	Protectionist	24 September 1903	27 April 1904
3	Chris Watson	Labor	27 April 1904	18 August 1904
4	Sir George Reid	Free Trade	18 August 1904	5 July 1905
-	Alfred Deakin (2nd time)	Comwlth. Liberal	5 July 1905	13 November 1908
5	Andrew Fisher	Labor	13 November 1908	2 June 1909
-	Alfred Deakin (3rd time)	Comwlth. Liberal	2 June 1909	29 April 1910
-	Andrew Fisher (2nd time)	Labor	29 April 1910	24 June 1913
6	Joseph Cook	Comwlth. Liberal	24 June 1913	17 September 1914
-	Andrew Fisher (3rd time)	Labor	17 September 1914	27 October 1915
7	Billy Hughes	Labor	27 October 1915	14 November 1916
-	Billy Hughes (2nd time)	National Labor	14 November 1916	17 February 1917
-	Billy Hughes (3rd time)	Nationalist	17 February 1917	9 February 1923
8	Stanley Bruce	Nationalist	9 February 1923	22 October 1929
9	James Scullin	Labor	22 October 1929	6 January 1932
10	Joseph Lyons	United Australia	6 January 1932	7 April 1939
11	Sir Earle Page	Country	7 April 1939	26 April 1939
12	Robert Menzies	United Australia	26 April 1939	28 August 1941
13	Arthur Fadden	Country	28 August 1941	7 October 1941
14	John Curtin	Labor	7 October 1941	5 July 1945
15	Frank Forde	Labor	6 July 1945	13 July 1945
16	Ben Chifley	Labor	13 July 1945	19 December 1949
-	Sir Robert Menzies (2nd time)	Liberal	19 December 1949	26 January 1966
17	Harold Holt	Liberal	26 January 1966	19 December 1967
18	John McEwen	Country	19 December 1967	10 January 1968
19	John Gorton	Liberal	10 January 1968	10 March 1971
20	William McMahon	Liberal	10 March 1971	5 December 1972
21	Gough Whitlam	Labor	5 December 1972	11 November 1975
22	Malcolm Fraser	Liberal	11 November 1975	11 March 1983
23	Bob Hawke	Labor	11 March 1983	20 December 1991
24	Paul Keating	Labor	20 December 1991	11 March 1996
25	John Howard	Liberal	11 March 1996	3 December 2007
26	Kevin Rudd	Labor	3 December 2007	24 June 2010
27	Julia Gillard	Labor	24 June 2010	27 June 2013
-	Kevin Rudd (2nd time)	Labor	27 June 2013	18 September 2013
28	Tony Abbott	Liberal (coalition)	18 September 2013	15 September 2015
29	Malcolm Turnbull	Liberal (coalition)	15 September 2015	24 August 2018
30	Scott Morrison	Liberal (coalition)	24 August 2018	23 May 2022
31	Anthony Albanese	Labor	23 May 2022	current

Former prime ministers

As of August 2024, there are seven living former Australian prime ministers.

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  Paul Keating
  (1991–1996)
  (1944-01-18) 18 January 1944

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  John Howard
  (1996–2007)
  (1939-07-26) 26 July 1939

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  Kevin Rudd
  (2007–2010, 2013)
  (1957-09-21) 21 September 1957

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  Julia Gillard
  (2010–2013)
  (1961-09-29) 29 September 1961

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  Tony Abbott
  (2013–2015)
  (1957-11-04) 4 November 1957

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  Malcolm Turnbull
  (2015–2018)
  (1954-10-24) 24 October 1954

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  Scott Morrison
  (2018–2022)
  (1968-05-13) 13 May 1968

Prime Minister Of Australia Media

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  Australia's first prime minister, Edmund Barton, at the central table in the House of Representatives in 1901.

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  John Gorton being sworn in as the 19th Prime Minister on 10 January 1968. To date, Gorton is the only Senator to have served as Prime Minister, though he would swiftly move to the House of Representatives as the member for Higgins.

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  Prime ministers Curtin, Fadden, Hughes, Menzies and Governor-General The Duke of Gloucester 2nd from left, in 1945.

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  The Lodge

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  Kirribilli House

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  Prime Ministerial Limousine

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  Official aircraft (2000–2024)

Other websites

• Australia's Prime Ministers Archived 2018-12-16 at the Wayback Machine / National Archive of Australia
• Biographies of Australia's Prime Ministers Archived 2005-03-06 at the Wayback Machine / National Museum of Australia
• Official website of the Prime Minister of Australia