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Frank Forde

1890 - 1983

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Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890 – 28 January 1983) 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. Forde was born in Mitchell, Queensland, to Irish immigrant parents. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Forde has received more than 410,801 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Frank Forde is the 16,770th most popular politician (down from 15,699th in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Australia (down from 329th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frank Forde ranks 16,770 out of 19,576. Before him are Rebecca Harms, Khadija Arib, Gergely Karácsony, María Fernanda Espinosa, Alexander Zhukov, and Feroz Khan Noon. After him are Werner Kogler, Frank Church, Theodric of Bernicia, José Bono, Pravind Jugnauth, and Chidambaram Subramaniam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Frank Forde ranks 247. Before him are Lewis H. Brereton, Clara Kimball Young, Lydia Zvereva, Samu Fóti, Jennie Fletcher, and Arthur O'Hara Wood. After him are Virginie Hériot, May Allison, Elmer Clifton, Harry Pollitt, Charles Erwin Wilson, and Colin Carruthers. Among people deceased in 1983, Frank Forde ranks 250. Before him are Sabino Bilbao, Eubie Blake, Rezső Somlai, Stefan Skoumal, Rudolf Kotormány, and Franco Trincavelli. After him are Thomas S. Gates Jr., Lynn Fontanne, Merle Travis, Kai Winding, Alice White, and Henry M. Jackson.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Frank Forde ranks 346 out of 1,143. Before him are Aurelio Vidmar (1967), Arthur O'Hara Wood (1890), Marilyn Black (1944), Hubert Wilkins (1888), Cody Fern (1988), and Courtney Eaton (1996). After him are James Anderson (1894), Joyce King (1920), Margaret Molesworth (1894), Peter McNamara (1955), Felix (2000), and Ryan Kwanten (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Frank Forde ranks 34. Before him are Ben Chifley (1885), Joseph Lyons (1879), Michael Jeffery (1937), Arthur Fadden (1894), James Scullin (1876), and John McEwen (1900). After him are Joan Hartigan (1912), Bob Tinning (1925), Michael Joseph Savage (1872), Edith Cowan (1861), H. V. Evatt (1894), and Ben Williams (1977).

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