LONDON: Liz Truss will become the 15th UK prime minister during the reign of head of state Queen Elizabeth II.

The monarch will ask Truss to form a government on Tuesday, once Boris Johnson has formally tendered his resignation.

Here is a list of the previous occupants of 10 Downing Street since the queen came to the throne in 1952.

Winston Churchill (Conservative, 1951-55) Anthony Eden (Conservative, 1955-57) Harold Macmillan (Conservative, 1957-63) Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative, 1963-64) Harold Wilson (Labour, 1964-70) Edward Heath (Conservative, 1970-74) Harold Wilson (Labour, 1974-76) James Callaghan (Labour, 1976-79) Margaret Thatcher (Conservative, 1979-90) John Major (Conservative, 1990-97) Tony Blair (Labour, 1997-2007) Gordon Brown (Labour, 2007-10) David Cameron (Conservative, 2010-16) Theresa May (Conservative, 2016-19) Boris Johnson (Conservative, 2019-22).

Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2022