Robert Menzies
Australian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (1894-1978) · Australia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 83
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966.
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Article in Melbourne Punch detailing Menzies's feat of topping the state school examinations at the age of 13
Menzies as Deputy Premier of Victoria
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Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, with his British counterpart, Winston Churchill, London 1941
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He held office as the leader of the United Australia Party (UAP) in his first term, and subsequently as the inaugural leader of the Liberal Party of Australia in his second. He was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Kooyong from 1934 to 1966. He is the longest-serving prime minister in Australian history.
