Politician - Prime Minister
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Resignations from Politician - Prime Minister (90 Results)
Announced Last Day Name & Position Organization Comments Reason Nov. 04
2017Saad al-Hariri
Prime MinisterGovernment of Lebanon
Lebanonmysteriously disappeared and resigned during a trip to Saudi Arabia - his resignation was not accepted by lebanons president Resigned Nov. 26
2017William Marlin
Prime MinisterGovernment of Saint
Martin
Saint MartinResigned Dec. 07
2017Beata Szydlo
Prime MinisterGovernment of Poland
PolandResigned Dec. 29
2017Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga
Prime MinisterGovernment of Mali
MaliResigned Jan. 14
2018Umaro Sissoco Embalo
Prime MinisterGovernment of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissauto be replaced by Augusto Antonio Artur da Silva
in bid to end political crisisResigned Jan. 15
2018Mihai Tudose
Prime MinisterGovernment of Romania
RomaniaResigned Feb. 15
2018Sher Bahadur Deuba
Prime MinisterGovernment of Nepal
NepalResigned Feb. 15
2018Hailemariam Desalegn
Prime MinisterGovernment of Ethiopia
Ethiopiaresigned also as chairman of the country's ruling coalition Resigned Mar. 14
2018Miro Cerar
Prime MinisterGovernment of Slovenia
SloveniaResigned Mar. 15
2018Mar. 15
2018Robert Fico
Prime MinisterGovernment of Slovakia
Slovakiaalso his government resigned Resigned Apr. 17
2018Augusto Antonio Artur
Da Silva
Prime MinisterGovernment of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissauto be replaced by Aristides Gomes
amid political crisisFired Apr. 23
2018Serzh Sargsyan
Prime MinisterGovernment of Armenia
Armeniaafter week of mass protests Resigned May. 02
2018Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet
Prime MinisterGovernment of Gabon
GabonResigned May. 04
2018Albert Pahimi
Prime MinisterGovernment of Chad
Chadand entire Cabinet resigns Resigned May. 17
2018Mamady Youla
Prime MinisterGovernment of Guinea
Guineawhole government resigned as well! Resigned Jun. 01
2018Mariano Rajoy
Prime MinisterGovernment of Spain
Spainloses no-confidence vote Fired Jun. 04
2018Hani Mulki
Prime MinisterGovernment of Jordan
Jordanafter large protests Resigned Jun. 04
2018Olivier Mahafaly
Prime MinisterGovernment of Madagascar
Madagascarto comply with the terms of a court ruling that ordered the formation of a new consensus government to end a political crisis on the Indian Ocean island nation Resigned Jun. 05
2018Shereef Ismail
Prime MinisterGovernment of Egypt
Egyptin keeping with political tradition that the government should resign at the start of a new presidential term Resigned Jun. 13
2018Giorgi Kvirikashvili
Prime MinisterGovernment of Georgia
Georgiaamid a disagreement with the leader of his ruling party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is the richest man in the ex-Soviet republic. / after a series of antigovernment protests Resigned Jul. 14
2018Jack Guy Lafontan
Prime MinisterGovernment of Haiti
HaitiAfter deadly unrest after plan to raid fuel prices Resigned Aug. 24
2018Malcolm Turnbull
Prime MinisterGovernment of Australia
AustraliaResigned Sep. 25
2018Stefan Löfven
Prime MinisterGovernment of Sweden
Swedenlost no-confidence vote / will stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new administration can be formed - HE WAS REELECTED and is still the acting Prime Minister Resigned Oct. 15
2018Ahmed bin Dagher
Prime MinisterGovernment of Yemen
Yemento be replaced by Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed
Over Economic CrisisFired Oct. 16
2018Nikol Pashinyan
Prime MinisterGovernment of Armenia
Armeniafor early elections Resigned Dec. 13
2018Theresa May
Prime MinisterGovernment of Great
Britain
UKhas confirmed that she will step down before the country holds its next scheduled national election in 2022 Resigned Dec. 15
2018Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime MinisterGovernment of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankato be replaced by Ranil Wickremesinghe Resigned Dec. 18
2018Charles Michel
Prime MinisterGovernment of Belgium
Belgiumover migration spat Resigned Jan. 19
2019Paul Kaba Thieba
Prime MinisterGovernment of Burkina
Faso
Burkina Fasoalso the whole Government resigned Resigned Jan. 29
2019Rami Al-Hamdallah
Prime MinisterGovernment of Palestina
the whole Government resigned Resigned Mar. 08
2019Cesar Villanueva
Prime MinisterGovernment of Peru
PeruResigned Apr. 19
2019Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga
Prime MinisterGovernment of Mali
Malialso the whole government resigned Resigned May. 20
2019Volodymyr Groysman
Prime MinisterGovernment of Ukraine
Ukrainein a largely symbolic protest against the new president's disbanding of parliament Resigned May. 20
2019Bruno Tshibala
Prime MinisterGovernment of Congo
CongoResigned May. 24
2019Theresa May
Prime MinisterGovernment of Great
Britain
UKto be replaced by Boris Johnson Resigned May. 26
2019Peter O'Neill
Prime MinisterGovernment of Papua
New Guinea
Papua New Guineato be replaced by Julius Chan Resigned Jul. 19
2019Ramush Haradinaj
Prime MinisterGovernment of Kosovo
Kosovoafter being summoned as a war crimes suspect before a special court Resigned Jul. 22
2019Jean Michel Lapin
Prime MinisterGovernment of Haiti
Haitito be replaced by Fritz William Michel Resigned Aug. 20
2019Guiseppe Conte
Prime MinisterGovernment of Italy
ItalyResigned Sep. 02
2019Mamuka Bakhtadze
Prime MinisterGovernment of Georgia
GeorgiaResigned Oct. 29
2019Saad al-Hariri
Prime MinisterGovernment of Lebanon
Lebanonafter two weeks of protests in the country Resigned Oct. 29
2019Aristides Gomes
Prime MinisterGovernment of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissauto be replaced by Faustino Fudut Imbali
amid political crisisFired Nov. 08
2019Faustino Fudut Imbali
Prime MinisterGovernment of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissauto be replaced by Aristides Gomes
after an ultimatum was given by West African regional bloc ECOWASResigned Nov. 14
2019Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah
Prime MinisterGovernment of Kuwait
Kuwaitamid allegations of infighting between ministers and criticism of their performance Resigned Nov. 20
2019Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterGovernment of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankato be replaced by Mahinda Rajapaksa
in respect of the mandate in the Presidential polls, where Gotabhaya Rajapaksa (who is former and next PM - named by his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is President of Sri Lanka) defeated Wickremesinghe's deputy Sajith PremadasaResigned Nov. 30
2019Adil Abdul Mahdi
Prime MinisterGovernment of Iraq
Iraqafter weeks of protests / resigned Oct. 31, 2019, but kept in this position??? Resigned Dec. 01
2019Joseph Muscat
Prime MinisterGovernment of Malta
Maltato be replaced by Robert Abela
amid the investigation into the death of prominent Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed by a car bomb in October 2017Resigned Dec. 02
2019Antti Rinne
Prime MinisterGovernment of Finland
FinlandAfter Losing Support from Key Ally Resigned Jan. 03
2020Zoran Zaev
Prime MinisterGovernment of North
Macedonia
North MacedoniaResigned Jan. 14
2020Will Hodgman
PrimierTasmania
AustraliaResigned Jan. 15
2020Dmitry Medvedev
Prime MinisterGovernment of Russia
Russiawhole government resigns Resigned Jan. 16
2020Thomas Thabane
Prime MinisterGovernment of Lesotho
Lesothoafter evidence allegedly linked him to the murder of his estranged wife / his current wife Maesaiah is wanted by the police for questioning Resigned Jan. 17
2020Oleksiy Honcharuk
Prime MinisterGovernment of Ukraine
Ukraineless than two days after audio recordings of Honcharuk's closed meeting with several ministers leaked online / REFUSED by the president Resigned Jan. 27
2020Marjan Sarec
Prime MinisterGovernment of Slovenia
SloveniaResigned Jan. 28
2020Sheikh Abdullah bin
Nasser bin Khalifa
Al Thani
Prime MinisterGovernment of Qatar
Qatarto be replaced by Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani Fired Feb. 20
2020Leo Varadkar
Prime MinisterGovernment of Ireland
Irelandafter inconclusive election result Resigned Feb. 24
2020Mahathir Mohamad
Prime MinisterGovernment of Malaysia
Malaysiato be replaced by Muhyiddin Yassin Resigned Feb. 28
2020Aristides Gomes
Prime MinisterGovernment of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissauto be replaced by Nuno Gomes Nabiam Fired Feb. 29
2020Oleksiy Honcharuk
Prime MinisterGovernment of Ukraine
Ukraineafter reports that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy might be gearing up to sack him Resigned Jun. 15
2020Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev
Prime MinisterGovernment of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstanto avoid hindering the progress of a criminal investigation into reportedly corrupt practices in using mobile communication frequencies / had already taken a two-week leave of absence Resigned Jul. 03
2020Edouard Philippe
Prime MinisterGovernment of France
Franceahead of a government reshuffle Resigned Jul. 08
2020Jul. 08
2020Amadou Gon Coulibaly
Prime MinisterGovernment of Ivory
Coast
Ivory Coastage: 61 Dead Jul. 15
2020Elyes Fakhfakh
Prime MinisterGovernment of Tunisia
Tunisiaafter the biggest party in his coalition began pushing for a vote of no confidence in the government Resigned Aug. 28
2020Shinzo Abe
Prime MinisterGovernment of Japan
Japanfor health reasons Resigned Sep. 18
2020Farrej al-Sarraj
Prime MinisterGovernment of Libya
LibyaResigned Sep. 26
2020Komi Selom Klassou
Prime MinisterGovernment of Togo
TogoResigned Sep. 26
2020
Government of Togo
Togowhole Government Resigned Oct. 03
2020Omar al-Razzaz
Prime MinisterGovernment of Jordan
JordanResigned Dec. 07
2020Ludovic Orban
Prime MinisterGovernment of Romania
RomaniaResigned Dec. 23
2020Ion Chicu
Prime MinisterGovernment of Moldova
MoldovaResigned Jan. 13
2021Jüri Ratas
Prime MinisterGovernment of Estonia
Estoniafollowing loan scandal Resigned Jan. 21
2021Khurelsukh Ukhnaa
Prime MinisterGovernment of Mongolia
Mongoliaafter protests Resigned Jan. 21
2021Khurelsukh Ukhnaa
Prime MinisterGovernment of Mongolia
Mongoliaafter protests Resigned Jan. 26
2021Giuseppe Conte
Prime MinisterGovernment of Italy
ItalyResigned Jan. 29
2021Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba
Prime MinisterGovernment of Congo
Congowas constitutionally required to resign after Parliament passed a no-confidence motion Resigned Feb. 18
2021Giorgi Gakharia
Prime MinisterGovernment of Georgia
GeorgiaResigned Mar. 28
2021Nikol Pashinyan
Prime MinisterGovernment of Armenia
Armeniain order for early elections to take place - remains interim Prime Minister Resigned Apr. 14
2021Joseph Jouthe
Prime MinisterGovernment of Haiti
Haitito be replaced by Claude Joseph Resigned Jun. 28
2021Stefan Löfven
Prime MinisterGovernment of Sweden
Swedenlost no-confidence vote Resigned Sep. 03
2021Yoshihide Suga
Prime MinisterGovernment of Japan
JapanResigned Jun. 29
2022Naftali Bennett
Prime MinisterGovernment of Israel
IsraelTerm Ended Jul. 08
2022Boris Johnson
Prime MinisterGovernment of Great
Britain
UKto be replaced by Liz Truss Resigned Jul. 09
2022Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime MinisterGovernment of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankaon the day protesters stormed the presidents residence and office in a fury over a worsening economic crisis Resigned Jul. 14
2022Mario Draghi
Prime MinisterGovernment of Italy
Italyrejected by President Resigned Jul. 14
2022Kaja Kallas
Prime MinisterGovernment of Estonia
Estoniato form a new Government Resigned Aug. 03
2022Anibal Torres Vasquez
Prime MinisterGovernment of Peru
PeruResigned Sep. 14
2022Magdalena Andersson
Prime MinisterGovernment of Sweden
SwedenResigned Oct. 22
2022Liz Truss
Prime MinisterGovernment of Great
Britain
UKto be replaced by Rishi Sunak
after failed budget and market turmoil - was only 44 days in officeResigned Jan. 19
2023Jacinda Ardern
Prime MinisterGovernment of New Zealand
New ZealandResigned Feb. 10
2023Natalia Gavrilița
Prime MinisterGovernment of Moldova
MoldovaResigned
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