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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 [ edit ]
Australia [ edit ]
No.
Portrait
Name
Date of ascension/Took office
Date of death/Left office
1
Joseph Lyons
6 January 1932
7 April 1939
2
Sir Earle Page
7 April 1939
26 April 1939
3
Robert Menzies
26 April 1939
28 August 1941
4
Arthur Fadden
28 August 1941
7 October 1941
5
John Curtin
7 October 1941
5 July 1945
6
Frank Forde
6 July 1945
13 July 1945
7
Ben Chifley
13 July 1945
19 December 1949
8
Robert Menzies
19 December 1949
26 January 1966
No.
Portrait
Name
Date of ascension/Took office
Date of death/Left office
1
Don Stephen Senanayake
24 September 1947
22 March 1952
Irish Free State [ edit ]
No.
Portrait
Name
Date of ascension/Took office
Date of death/Left office
1
Paul Boffa
4 November 1947
26 September 1950
2
Enrico Mizzi
26 September 1950
20 December 1950
3
Giorgio Borġ Olivier
20 December 1950
11 March 1955
New Zealand [ edit ]
Northern Ireland [ edit ]
No.
Portrait
Name
Date of ascension/Took office
Date of death/Left office
1
James Craig
11 December 1936
24 November 1940
2
J. M. Andrews
24 November 1940
1 May 1943
3
Basil Brooke
1 May 1943
26 March 1963
Pakistan [ edit ]
No.
Portrait
Name
Date of ascension/Took office
Date of death/Left office
1
Liaquat Ali Khan
14 August 1947
16 October 1951
2
Khawaja Nazimuddin
17 October 1951
17 April 1953
South Africa [ edit ]
Southern Rhodesia [ edit ]
No.
Portrait
Name
Date of ascension/Took office
Date of death/Left office
1
Godfrey Huggins
12 September 1933
7 September 1953
United Kingdom [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
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