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Robert Menzies

1894 - 1978

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Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Menzies is the 13,219th most popular politician (down from 12,089th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Australia (down from 121st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Menzies ranks 13,219 out of 19,576. Before him are Alberto Zorrilla, Sebastian Kurz, Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg, John Haglelgam, Álvaro de Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones, and Ali Benflis. After him are Lúcio Lara, Ptolemaeus of Commagene, Sushil Koirala, Song Ping, Banastre Tarleton, and Siegfried Buback.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Robert Menzies ranks 166. Before him are Viorica Ursuleac, Saken Seifullin, Edwin Linkomies, Heinz Hopf, Marietta Blau, and Magda Julin. After him are Yakov Frenkel, Alfred Romer, Francis Hunter, Olive Thomas, Jack Benny, and James Thurber. Among people deceased in 1978, Robert Menzies ranks 146. Before him are Rubén Morán, Zenta Mauriņa, Lon L. Fuller, Toivo Hyytiäinen, Joseph Colombo, and John D. Rockefeller III. After him are Roman Karmen, Philip K. Hitti, Mary Blair, Roy Harrod, Bob Crane, and Leigh Brackett.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Robert Menzies ranks 161 out of 1,143. Before him are Ken McGregor (1929), Arthur Benjamin (1893), Gordon George Avery (1925), Ashley Cooper (1936), John Bromwich (1918), and Albert Namatjira (1902). After him are Bill Mollison (1928), Mark Oliphant (1901), Norman Brookes (1877), Tommy Emmanuel (1955), John Winter (1924), and Julian McMahon (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Robert Menzies ranks 12. Before him are John Howard (1939), Anthony Albanese (1963), Edmund Barton (1849), Kevin Rudd (1957), John Curtin (1885), and Alfred Deakin (1856). After him are Bob Hawke (1929), David Hurley (1953), Stanley Bruce (1883), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Gerald Patterson (1895), and Malcolm Turnbull (1954).

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