# List of prime ministers of George VI

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. | 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 |

### Canada

| No. | Portrait | Name | Date of ascension/Took office | Date of death/Left office |
| 1 | | William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 October 1935 | 15 November 1948 |
| 2 | | Louis St. Laurent | 15 November 1948 | 21 June 1957 |

### Ceylon

| No. | Portrait | Name | Date of ascension/Took office | Date of death/Left office |
| 1 | | Don Stephen Senanayake | 24 September 1947 | 22 March 1952 |

### India

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

### Malta

| No. | 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

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

### Northern Ireland

| No. | 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

| 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

| No. | Name | Date of ascension/Took office | Date of death/Left office |
| 1 | J. B. M. Hertzog | 11 December 1936 | 5 September 1939 |
| 2 | Jan Smuts | 5 September 1939 | 4 June 1948 |
| 3 | 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 | 12 September 1933 | 7 September 1953 |

### United Kingdom

| No. | Name | Date of ascension/Took office | Date of death/Left office |
| 1 | Stanley Baldwin | 7 June 1935 | 28 May 1937 |
| 2 | Neville Chamberlain | 28 May 1937 | 10 May 1940 |
| 3 | Winston Churchill | 10 May 1940 | 26 July 1945 |
| 4 | Clement Attlee | 26 July 1945 | 26 October 1951 |
| (3) | Winston Churchill | 26 October 1951 | 5 April 1955 |