Frank Forde
Australian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (1890-1983) · Australia · Politicians · Died at 92
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Something wrong?Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945, in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Curtin.
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Forde as a young man
Forde early in his political career
Forde and James Scullin
Forde and John Curtin at a meeting of the Advisory War Council in 1940
Forde signing the United Nations Charter as Australia's lead delegate to the 1945 San Francisco Conference
Forde in April 1945, a few months before he became prime minister, conversing with H. V. Evatt (left) and Stanley Bruce
Frank Forde's headstone at Brisbane's Toowong CemeteryAwards
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Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945, in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Curtin. He was deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1932 to 1946 and is the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history.
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