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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister (informally abbreviated to PM) and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior ministers, most of whom are government department heads) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Monarch, to Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The office is one of the Great Offices of State. The current holder[update] of the office, Theresa May, leader of the Conservative Party, was appointed by the Queen on 13 July 2016.[4]
List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom by tenure Robert Walpole is the only person to have served as Prime Minister for more than two decades. George Canning served for less than four months before his death.