Prime Minister of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of Australia. The prime minister is the leader of the federal government and is also accountable to federal parliament under the principles of responsible government. The incumbent prime minister is Anthony Albanese, who defeated Scott Morrison in the 2022 general election.Albanese claims victory over Morrison – as it happened - 21 May 2022 - The Guardian - Retrieved 30 May 2022
== List ==
No.	Name 	Term of Office 	Political Party	Events
1 	Sir Edmund Barton 	1 January 1901 - 24 September 1903 	
* Protectionist Party	
* Federation of Australia
* Adoption of the Constitution of Australia
* Formation of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
* Passage of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and the introduction of the White Australia Policy
* Passage of the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 and granting of women's suffrage
2 	Alfred Deakin 	24 September 1903 - 27 April 1904 	
* Protectionist Party	
* Petriana affair
3 	Chris Watson 	27 April 1904 - 18 August 1905 	
* Labor Party 	
4 	Sir George Reid 	18 August 1904 - 5 July 1905 	
* Free Trade Party	
* Passage of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904
2 	Alfred Deakin 	5 July 1905 - 13 November 1908 	
* Protectionist Party	
5 	Andrew Fisher 	13 November 1908 - 2 June 1909 	
* Labor Party 	
2 	Alfred Deakin 	2 June 1909 - 29 April 1910 	
* Commonwealth Liberal Party	
5 	Andrew Fisher 	29 April 1910 - 24 June 1913 	
* Labor Party 	
* Passage of the Commonwealth Bank Act 1911 and creation of the Commonwealth Bank
* Beginning of construction on the Trans-Australian Railway
6 	Sir Joseph Cook 	24 June 1913 - 17 September 1914 	
* Commonwealth Liberal Party	
* World War I
5 	Andrew Fisher 	17 September 1914 - 27 October 1915 	
* Labor Party 	
* World War I
* Passage of the War Precautions Act 1914
7 	Billy Hughes 	27 October 1915 - 9 February 1923 	
* Labor Party
* Nationalist Labor Party
* Nationalist Party	
* World War I
* Raid on the Queensland Government Printing Office
* Spanish flu
* McDougall incident
* Red Flag riots
8 	Stanley Bruce 	9 February 1923 - 22 October 1929 	
* Nationalist Party	
* Walsh–Johnson case
9 	James Scullin 	22 October 1929 - 6 January 1932 	
* Labor Party 	
* The Great Depression
* Australian Labor Party split of 1931
10 	Joseph Lyons 	6 January 1932 - 7 April 1939 	
* United Australia Party	
* Emu War
* Kisch case
* Freer case
* Dalfram dispute
11 	Earle Page 	7 April 1939 - 26 April 1939 	
* Country Party	
12 	Robert Menzies 	26 April 1939 - 29 August 1941 	
* United Australia Party	
* World War II
13 	Sir Arthur Fadden 	29 August 1941 - 7 October 1941 	
* Country Party	
* World War II
14 	John Curtin 	7 October 1941 - 5 July 1945 	
* Labor Party 	
* World War II
* Brisbane Line affair
15 	Frank Forde 	5 July 1945 - 13 July 1945 	
* Labor Party 	
* World War II
16 	Ben Chifley 	13 July 1945 - 19 December 1949 	
* Labor Party 	
* 1948 Queensland railway strike
* 1949 Australian coal strike
12 	Robert Menzies 	19 December 1949 - 26 January 1966 	
* Liberal Party	
* Formation of ASIS
* Petrov Affair
* ALP split of 1955
* Passage of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962
* Melbourne–Voyager collision
17 	Harold Holt 	26 January 1966 - 19 December 1967 	
* Liberal Party	
* Melbourne–Voyager collision
* Vietnam War
* VIP affair
18 	Sir John McEwen 	19 December 1967 - 10 January 1968 	
* Country Party	
* Disappearance of Harold Holt
19 	Sir John Gorton 	10 January 1968 - 10 March 1971 	
* Liberal Party	
20 	Sir William McMahon	10 March 1971 - 5 December 1972 	
* Liberal Party	
21 	Gough Whitlam 	5 December 1972 - 11 November 1975 	
* Labor Party 	
* Gair Affair
* Morosi Affair
* Loans affair
* Favaro affair
* 1975 Australian constitutional crisis
22 	Malcolm Fraser 	11 November 1975 - 11 March 1983 	
* Liberal Party	
* 1975 Australian constitutional crisis
* Colour TV affair
23 	Bob Hawke 	11 March 1983 - 20 December 1991 	
* Labor Party 	
* Sheraton hotel incident
* Combe–Ivanov affair
24 	Paul Keating 	20 December 1991 - 11 March 1996 	
* Labor Party 	
* Marshall Islands affair
* Sandwich shop affair
* Sports rorts affair
25 	John Howard 	11 March 1996 - 3 December 2007 	
* Liberal Party	
26 	Kevin Rudd 	3 December 2007 - 24 June 2010 	
* Labor Party 	
27 	Julia Gillard 	24 June 2010 - 27 June 2013 	
* Labor Party 	
* Australia–East Timor spying scandal
26 	Kevin Rudd 	27 June 2013 - 18 September 2013 	
* Labor Party 	
28 	Tony Abbott 	18 September 2013 - 15 September 2013	
* Liberal Party	
29 	Malcolm Turnbull 	15 September 2015 - 24 August 2018 	
* Liberal Party	
* Passage of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 and the legalisation of same-sex marriage
30 	Scott Morrison 	24 August 2018 - 23 May 2022 	
* Liberal Party	
* 2019–20 Australian bushfire season
* COVID-19 pandemic
* 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations
* George Floyd protests
31 	Anthony Albanese 	23 May 2022 - present 	
* Labor Party 	
* COVID-19 pandemic
== Links ==
* Prime Minister of Australia on Wikipedia
* List of prime ministers of Australia on Wikipedia
== References ==
Category:Real prime ministers
Category:Real Prime Ministers of Australia
Category:Real heads of government