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.
- 1999 in Russia
- [a] In May, President Boris Yeltsin compelled Yevgeny Primakov, his own appointee, to resign.[5] Yeltsin then compelled the resignation of Primakov's successor, Sergei Stepashin, in August, replacing him with Vladimir Putin.[6]
- 2013 in Australia[7][8][9]
- 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[10]
- 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[11][12][13]
- 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[14]
- 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.
See also
edit- Year of the Three Emperors (German Empire, 1888)
- Year of the Three Kings (several years)
- Year of three popes (thirteen years, plus one year of four popes)
- Year of the Four Emperors (Roman Empire, 69)
- Year of the Five Emperors (Roman Empire, 193)
- Year of the Six Emperors (Roman Empire, 238)
Notes
edit- ^ Referred to in Namedni-1999 , as Год трёх премьеров (God trjoh prem'erov),[3] translated in the library catalogue of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies as "the year of three Prime Ministers".[4]
References
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- ^ Walker, Ross (2022). Harold Holt: Always One Step Further. Black Inc. ch. 7. ISBN 9781743822555.
- ^ Faiziev, Dzhanik; Parfyonov, Leonid (2004). "Namedni-1999" Намедни-1999. Namedni 1961–2003: Nasha era (in Russian). Event occurs at 23:24. NTV. [ru]&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Faiziev&rft.aufirst=Dzhanik&rft.au=Parfyonov, Leonid&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Year of three prime ministers" class="Z3988">
- ^ "DVD-2930". UCL SSEES Library: Bain Graffy Film Collection. UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ Dash, P. L. (1999). "Rise and Fall of Yevgeny Primakov". Economic and Political Weekly. 34 (24): 1495. JSTOR 4408072.
- ^ Tran, Mark (9 August 1999). "Yeltsin sacks prime minister". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Anderson, Ian (2020). "Foreword". In Lewis, Jenny M.; Tiernan, Anne (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Australian Politics. Oxford University Press. p. x. ISBN 9780198805465.
- ^ Murphy, Katharine (11 December 2013). "Holden to depart Australia in 2017—as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pavlic, Vedran (16 December 2016). "2016 – A Year of Croatian Politics in Review". Total Croatia News. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bogdanor, Vernon (27 October 2022). "Don't Blame the Parliamentary System for Britain's Woes". Essay. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Send for Sunak. Why Tories must choose former Chancellor as next leader". Columnists. The Scotsman. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ 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.