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Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London 1949
King George VI with Commonwealth prime ministers at Buckingham Palace for the 1949 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

King George VI was the monarch of the United Kingdom, the Dominions, and the British Empire from 11 December 1936 until his death on 6 February 1952.

He also was a founder and the first Head of the Commonwealth of Nations.

During his reign George was served by a total of 32 prime ministers; 4 from the United Kingdom, 7 from Australia, 2 from Canada, 1 from Ceylon, 1 from India, 2 from Ireland, 3 from Malta, 3 from New Zealand, 3 from Northern Ireland, 2 from Pakistan, 3 from South Africa, and 1 from Southern Rhodesia.

List of prime ministers

Australia

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Joseph Aloysius Lyons (cropped).jpg Joseph Lyons 6 January 1932 7 April 1939
2 Earle Page - Falk Studios (cropped).jpg Sir Earle Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939
3 Portrait Menzies 1950s.jpg Robert Menzies 26 April 1939 28 August 1941
4 FaddenPEO.jpg Arthur Fadden 28 August 1941 7 October 1941
5 JohnCurtin.jpg John Curtin 7 October 1941 5 July 1945
6 Frank Forde 1945.jpg Frank Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
7 Benchifley.jpg Ben Chifley 13 July 1945 19 December 1949
8 Portrait Menzies 1950s.jpg Robert Menzies 19 December 1949 26 January 1966

Canada

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 1935 15 November 1948
2 Louis St. Laurent 1954 37112 (cropped).jpg Louis St. Laurent 15 November 1948 21 June 1957

Ceylon

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Official Photographic Portrait of Don Stephen Senanayaka (1884-1952).jpg Don Stephen Senanayake 24 September 1947 22 March 1952

India

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Jnehru.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru 15 August 1947 26 January 1950 (Republic of India)

Irish Free State

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 De Valera LCCN2016822004 (headshot).jpg Éamon de Valera 11 December 1936 18 February 1948
2 John A. Costello, 1948.png John A. Costello 18 February 1948 18 April 1949 (Republic of Ireland Act 1948)

Malta

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Pawlu Boffa.JPG Paul Boffa 4 November 1947 26 September 1950
2 Dr Enrico Mizzi.jpg Enrico Mizzi 26 September 1950 20 December 1950
3 Giorgio Borg Olivier.jpg Giorgio Borġ Olivier 20 December 1950 11 March 1955

New Zealand

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Michael Joseph Savage Portrait (cropped).jpg Michael Joseph Savage 11 December 1936 27 March 1940
2 Peter Fraser.jpg Peter Fraser 27 March 1940 13 December 1949
3 Sidney George Holland (1953).jpg Sidney Holland 13 December 1949 20 September 1957

Northern Ireland

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.jpg James Craig 11 December 1936 24 November 1940
2 John Miller Andrews.jpg J. M. Andrews 24 November 1940 1 May 1943
3 Sir Basil Brooke, 10 February 1941.png Basil Brooke 1 May 1943 26 March 1963

Pakistan

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Liaquat Ali Khan 1945.jpg Liaquat Ali Khan 14 August 1947 16 October 1951
2 Khawaja Nazimuddin.jpg Khawaja Nazimuddin 17 October 1951 17 April 1953

South Africa

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 JBM Hertzog - SA.jpg J. B. M. Hertzog 11 December 1936 5 September 1939
2 Jan Smuts 1947.jpg Jan Smuts 5 September 1939 4 June 1948
3 DFMalanPortret (cropped).jpg Daniel François Malan 4 June 1948 30 November 1954

Southern Rhodesia

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Godfrey Huggins in 1936.jpg Godfrey Huggins 12 September 1933 7 September 1953

United Kingdom

No. Portrait Name Date of ascension/Took office Date of death/Left office
1 Stanley Baldwin ggbain.35233.jpg Stanley Baldwin 7 June 1935 28 May 1937
2 Neville Chamberlain by Walter Stoneman.jpg Neville Chamberlain 28 May 1937 10 May 1940
3 Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpg Winston Churchill 10 May 1940 26 July 1945
4 Person attlee2.jpg Clement Attlee 26 July 1945 26 October 1951
(3) Sir Winston Churchill - 19086236948.jpg Winston Churchill 26 October 1951 5 April 1955

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