Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 - 14 May 1978) was the 12th Prime Minister of Australia.Martin, A. W.,  "Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978)," Australian Dictionary of Biography; retrieved 2012-5-18.

Australia
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He was Prime Minister for a total of 18 and half years which is the longest in Australia's history. After the death of Joseph Lyons he was elected leader of the United Australia Party and became Prime Minister in 1939. He resigned in 1941 after a lot of criticism. In 1944, he helped form the new Liberal Party. In 1949, he was re-elected Prime Minister. He stayed in the job until he retired in 1966.

Commonwealth
According to his biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, "Menzies belonged to a generation for whom to be Australian was automatically to be British."

Honours
 Knight of the Thistle, 1963
 Constable of Dover Castle, 1965
 Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1965

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