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Year of three prime ministers

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Several years have been referred to as the Year of three prime ministers or Year of the three prime ministers. This list does not represent all times that a country has had three prime ministers in a single year.

1868 in the United Kingdom[1]
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, resigned in February; Benjamin Disraeli took the helm of the Conservative Party and served as Prime Minister through December, when he lost a general election to the Liberal Party, being succeeded by its leader, William Ewart Gladstone.
1941 in Australia[2]
Robert Menzies of the United Australia Party resigned in August and was replaced as leader of the governing coalition by the Country Party's Arthur Fadden; Fadden lost a motion of no confidence after 39 days, and John Curtin became prime minister 4 days later.
1945 in Australia[3]
John Curtin (died in office 5 July), then Frank Forde (until 13 July), then Ben Chifley.
1999 in Russia
[a] In May, President Boris Yeltsin compelled Yevgeny Primakov, his own appointee, to resign.[6] Yeltsin then compelled the resignation of Primakov's successor, Sergei Stepashin, in August, replacing him with Vladimir Putin.[7]
2013 in Australia[8][9][10]
Julia Gillard lost a leadership spill to fellow Labor member Kevin Rudd in June 2013. In the September federal election, Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party defeated Rudd.
2016 in Croatia[11]
The year began amidst negotiations following the 2015 parliamentary election. The negotiations concluded in January, with non-partisan Tihomir Orešković replacing incumbent Zoran Milanović, a Social Democratic Party member. Orešković lost a vote of no confidence in June, and after elections in September was succeeded by Andrej Plenković of the Croatian Democratic Union.
2022 in the United Kingdom[12][13][14]
Boris Johnson announced his resignation in July amidst a government crisis, and was replaced by fellow Conservative Liz Truss in September after a party election; Truss resigned in October amidst another government crisis; Rishi Sunak won the subsequent party election unopposed.
2022 in Israel[15]
Prime minister Naftali Bennett ended his term with the dissolution of the Knesset and a snap election called, with Yair Lapid becoming interim prime minister on 1 July. After the 2022 election, Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister again on 29 December.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Referred to in Namedni-1999 [ru], as Год трёх премьеров (God trjoh prem'erov),[4] translated in the library catalogue of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies as "the year of three Prime Ministers".[5]

References

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  1. ^ Levy, Martin (2013). Doctor Barnardo: Champion of Victorian Children. Stroud, England: Amberley Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 9781445609232. Retrieved 28 October 2022 – via Open Library.
  2. ^ Walker, Ross (2022). Harold Holt: Always One Step Further. Black Inc. ch. 7. ISBN 9781743822555.
  3. ^ 2013 And The Years Of Three Prime Ministers, https://australianpolitics.com/2013/12/20/the-years-of-the-prime-ministers.html/
  4. ^ Faiziev, Dzhanik; Parfyonov, Leonid (2004). "Namedni-1999" Намедни-1999. Namedni 1961–2003: Nasha era [ru] (in Russian). Event occurs at 23:24. NTV.
  5. ^ "DVD-2930". UCL SSEES Library: Bain Graffy Film Collection. UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ^ Dash, P. L. (1999). "Rise and Fall of Yevgeny Primakov". Economic and Political Weekly. 34 (24): 1495. JSTOR 4408072.
  7. ^ Tran, Mark (9 August 1999). "Yeltsin sacks prime minister". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  8. ^ Anderson, Ian (2020). "Foreword". In Lewis, Jenny M.; Tiernan, Anne (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics. Oxford University Press. p. x. ISBN 9780198805465.
  9. ^ Murphy, Katharine (11 December 2013). "Holden to depart Australia in 2017—as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  10. ^ Abbott, Tony (25 March 2014). "Address to the Governor-General Farewell Reception". PM Transcripts. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  11. ^ Pavlic, Vedran (16 December 2016). "2016 – A Year of Croatian Politics in Review". Total Croatia News. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  12. ^ Hayes, Andy (25 October 2022). "New PM, new lectern: Sunak goes for 'solid and stable' after Truss's twisting 'Jenga' tower". Sky News. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  13. ^ Bogdanor, Vernon (27 October 2022). "Don't Blame the Parliamentary System for Britain's Woes". Essay. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Send for Sunak. Why Tories must choose former Chancellor as next leader". Columnists. The Scotsman. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  15. ^ Pfeffer, Anshel (29 December 2022). "It was a year of rookie errors, ending with the far right in cabinet". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

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