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Rank No.Prime Minister Portrait Party Assumed
office Left
office Time in office
(term) Time in office
(total) Election
wins Ref   1.

Terms of Australian Prime Ministers Since 1901

12th Sir Robert Menzies
(1894–1978)United Australia26 April 1939 29 August 1941 2 years, 125 days18 years, 163 days 1940, 1949, 1951,
1954, 1955, 1958,
1961, 1963^[1]  Liberal19 December 1949 26 January 1966 16 years, 38 days  2.

25th John Howard
(born 1939)Liberal11 March 1996 3 December 2007 11 years, 267 days 1996, 1998, 2001,
2004^[2]  3. 23rd Bob Hawke
(1929–2019)Labor11 March 1983 20 December 1991 8 years, 284 days 1983, 1984, 1987,
1990^[3]  4.

22nd Malcolm Fraser
(1930–2015)Liberal11 November 1975 11 March 1983 7 years, 120 days 1975, 1977, 1980^{[4 Australia's Kevin Rudd Dumped by His Own Party - TIME QUCY}