UK Prime Ministers: Shortest and longest serving post-war PM's

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Liz Truss: 2022 Tenure: 44 days

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Alec Douglas-Home: 1963- 1964 Tenure: 364 days

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Anthony Eden: 1955-1957 Tenure: 1 year and 279 days

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Rishi Sunak: 2022-2024 Tenure: 1 year and 254 days

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Harold Wilson: 1974-1976 Tenure: 2 years and 247 days

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Gordon Brown: 2007-2010 Tenure: 2 years and 319 days

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Boris Johnson: 2019-2022 Tenure: 2 years and 362 days

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Theresa May: 2016-2019 Tenure: 3 years and 12 days

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James Callaghan: 1976-1979 Tenure: 3 years and 30 days

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Winston Churchill: 1951-1955 Tenure: 3 years and 162 days

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Edward Heath: 1970-1974 Tenure: 3 years and 259 days

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David Cameron: 2010-2016 Tenure: 6 years and 64 days

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Clement Attlee: 1945-1951 Tenure: 6 years and 93 days

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John Major: 1990-1997 Tenure: 6 years and 156 days

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Harold Macmillan: 1957-1963 Tenure: 6 years and 282 days

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Tony Blair: 1997-2007 Tenure: 10 years and 57 days

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Margaret Thatcher: 1979- 1990 Tenure: 11 years and 209 days

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