Short-serving world leaders (who actually did stuff)
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so true
Where's James Garfield the 20th President of the United States
He sounds so happy in this comment
......well....at least she was named after a hernia appliance..there is that...
I canât believe JJ confused a lettuce with a cabbage, this is what happens when you donât use Wikipedia.
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Let us be clear, it was our glorious British Lettuce which outlasted Truss. A cabbage would never have lasted that long in office.
Clearly JJ has a subconscious bias towards cabbages, how very disappointing.
Watching Liz Truss resign I knew we would get an award-winning video to enjoy from the smouldering ruins of the British economy
only thing i miss about liz is starmer actually looked charismatic in the PMQs,also the jokes were class
The longest reigning queen and the shortest PM serving, both called Elizabeth. This is probably one of the strangest coincidences I've witnessed.
It will make for interesting pub trivia challenges in 25 years.
Class Liz met Crass Liz, said "You know what, immortality just isn't worth it any more," and immediately died of cringe.
Kills the Queen and leaves. Hmm...
@@jjturner4424 It would, were it not ruined by the fact that her name is actually Mary Elizabeth Truss
@@alexander9703 That just makes her Bloody Mary 2.0.
>meets the new prime Minister
>dies of cringe
Actually, Elizabeth II's last official act was to send a letter of congratulations to Brazil for their 200 years of independence. That happened on thursdag 7th of september. Her health was however so bad at that point that her last public act was indeed meeting Truss on wednesday 6th. And as we all know she died on september 8th, unable to do any work for her last day alive.
I didn't know Elizabeth II sent that letter! It's as nice a trivial question as Truss herself was! Thanks for the information!
Shoutout to the Mexican president who served 45 minutes then dipped. What a legend
Pedro Lascurain
@@sergetell1121 mans a legend. He sit down in the Mexican version of the Oval Office. Took in the sights then dipped
Absolute chad
Mexico also has some short term Emperors
Wait wasnât he assassinated
How about Prince Max of Baden. He was chancellor of Germany for a little more than a month toward the end of WW I. Max wanted to end the war on the basis of the 14 Points and convert Germany into a constitutional monarchy. Working with Friedrich Ebert, head of the SDP, Prince Max convinced Wilhelm to abdicate but events soon overtook him.
Apparently the idea had been for Wilhelmâs grandson to become emperor, with Prince Max as regent and Ebert as chancellor. But the more radical elements in the SPD declared a republic. Max resigned and without authority appointed Ebert chancellor. He then went off into retirement.
So what did his short Term do? He helped end the war, caused Wilhelm to abdicate, prepared Germanyâs transition into a democracy and made sure that when the transition came, the government was in the hands of moderate constitutionalists and not radicals.
Sounds like a great pick
Shame it didn't really work out in the long run.
@@JJMcCullough you missed an 'r' from that comment fyi
@@Croz89 One could argue in the short term it worked out well. The war ended, Germany quickly transformed into a democracy, and the government was placed in the hands of solid, temperate men like Ebert rather than radicals like the Spartacists.
An interesting part of German history! Thanks for the comment!
''Refused to accept the election'' Dude was a pioneer in hindsight
I think back then literally every politician in the new world did that. most of the ''democracies'' in Latin America immediately turned into pseudo-kingdoms
My friend's mom has a funny story about Pope John Paul I's death. When she found out that women weren't allowed to become priests in Catholicism, she wrote an angry letter addressed to the pope. A week later, when it was supposed to arrive, the pope died. Now her family constantly teases her, saying that she "killed the pope".
So, Pope John Paul I was so shocked at her suggestion that he had a heart attack. Interesting! đ
Wait, can catholic women really not become priests? Wow, that explains a lpt
@@saulgoodmanKAZAKH Yes kazakh saul goodman Yes it does
@@TheTophatCheeseyo the best kind of Saul Goodman
@@saulgoodmanKAZAKH Women can become nuns, not priests.
Surprised you didn't mention the phrase "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" - probably the most enduring piece of political Americana from Harrison's campaign. John Tyler, for what it is worth, was known after Harrison's death as 'Your Accidency" as it was constitutionally still unclear at the time if a Vice-President who took over from a President had full presidential powers.
I didn't realise that Prince Edward's Island didn't join the original Canadian confederation and only did so 4 years later.
I find itâs too complicated to explain
James G Blaine, James G Blaine
The continental liar from the state of Maine!
They shall not crucify them on a cross of gold! (William Jennings Bryan)
Hard cider and log cabin (Harrison)
Old Rough and Ready (Zachary Taylor)
â@@pwmiles56 Whilst Harrison originated the log cabin trope, I think it ultimately came to be associated far more with Abraham Lincoln as the great political giant of mid-19th century politics.
Interestingly enough, John Tyler set the precedent for someone succeeding to the presidency becoming the president, not just an acting or provisional president who temporarily filled the job. He was so insistent that he was actually president that he would return any mail addressed to "Acting President Tyler" back to its sender, refusing to even open it.
@@forthrightgambitia1032 Garfield used it too
Indonesian politics is very much unknown to outsiders but the 3rd President actually just serve a few months and he did tons of things...laying the foundation for the Democratic reform and He's mostly remembered for stabilizing the economy which is in an absolute freefall a few months earlier but he didn't get elected to the job...he gets the position because the previous president Suharto resign
And he was instrumental in East-Timorese independence. Later on, on his deathbed, he had a very hearthwarming encounter with Gusmao, thanking him.
And a trivial fact; while Suharto generally did not speak other languages, contrary to Sukarno (or indeed Habibie), he did correct Habibie always in Dutch: "Rudi, dat doe je fout!".
He actually ruled for 17 months, but refused to run again because parliament and people (at that time) hated him.
Another of his achievement is putting Regional Autonomy into law, so provinces can now manage their own things, preventing Indonesia from being split like Soviet Union or Yugoslavia.
@@risannd The shortest one Indonesia have though...and it's amazing what he's able to do in those 17 months especially if you compared that to the two subsequent president which didn't do much and preside to the political turmoil in the early 2000s with the impeachment etc etc
@@justalex3828 compared to the folks in this video 17 months is an eternity
If we wanted to look back on truly short lived leaders it's probably better to look at the 4 years we flirted with parliamentary democracy from 1955-1959. But that period really could be a video on it's own because none of the governments lated very long.
Fun Fact: The shortest serving English monarch after William the Conqueror that wasn't disputed was the 13 year old King Edward V, who served for 78 days before vanishing under the classic term of 'mysterious circumstances' before winding up as one of the captured Princes of the Tower of London, dying before he was 14. So props to Liz Truss for being beaten by 4 weeks by an actual teenager.
And then if you count disputed monarchs, Lady Jane Grey was queen at 16 for 9 days before being imprisoned and executed by Mary Tudor because her father was involved in a rebellion.
@@greenhawk6839 a lot of people donât really dispute her,itâs just easier to miss her out
@@thegreatbritishcircusfeatu2531 Nonsense. Of course she is disputed. She didn't even claim the throne herself!
@@rogink guess thatâs true,sorry for my oversight
Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal was monarch for only 3 days, 1-4 June 2001
As one of your resident commenters on all things Finland, I saw the title of this video and was about to comment about Jäätteenmäki, but luckily you beat me to the punch!
While Jäätteenmäki is definitely the most Truss-like, I think that Finland's penultimate PM, Antti Rinne, could also fit the bill having served only six months. His governing coalition formed in June 2019, after elections in April of that year.
The controversy of his tenure came when Rinne's government tried to switch the contracts of 700 postal workers so they would receive lower pay, which spurred a massive solidarity strike in the transport sector, cancelling 300 flights in November 2019. Rinne's handling of the strike and his spread of misinformation about the new contracts led to his resignation in December 2019, and his Social Democratic Party appointed Sanna Marin, who is the current PM.
Marin a young, female politician, has had her fair share of media scrutiny, which some would qualify as scandals and some would scoff at as nothing more than a circus, but she has still been able to weather these political storms. Finland heads to the polls once again in April 2023, so stay tuned.
Knowing JJ doesn't use wikipedia makes videos like these so impressive. Like, the first thing I would do if I was gonna research a video like this is go check wikipedia
If he did use Wikipedia it would help to fact check some things. Like the issues about Jäätteenmäki section, someone else did expain them already above.
A couple of corrections for the Jäättenmäki administration: it was not a center-right coalition, it was a center-left one (her party being the Center Party). The previous ruling party, SDP, was in the new coalition as well, which is one of the reasons why the problems escalated. The trust between the two parties was lost, when she lied in the Parliament about how she obtained the documents. If SDP had been in the opposition, she probably would gave gotten away with it. But because the leaked documents had helped her beat SDP, and because she lied about it, and because SDP was their coalition partner, SDP gave an ultimatum to the Center Party that if they want to continue the coalition, Jäätteenmäki must be replaced.
In Finnish politics, the ruling party doesn't need to earn the trust of the opposition, but they must not break the trust between the coalition parties. You can get away with lying to the opposition, even if you're caught. But if you lie to your own allies in the coalition, or at their expense, that's when the coalition easily breaks down.
@Aapo That makes sense, theirs no reason why the opinions of the opposition parties should matter to the governing coalition, lying to your allies however is legitimately dishonourable. Hi from Canada btw, love Finland ;).
She's also partly the reason why Sanna Marin became the prime minister. In 2019 SDP was in a coalition with the Center Party again, this time as the senior partner, and the PM lied in the Parliament which led the Center Party to demand his resignation. A move which many insiders in both parties saw as revenge for forcing Jäätteenmäki out of office.
And somehow, we finally arrived at the same conclusion between the parties. Finland sought a NATO membership, as an overwhelming majority would mandate, Jäätteenmäki was beyond her competence and lost in the cold war.
Interesting. Makes sense.
A famous line of hers after being caught lying which has stayed alive is "I spoke the truth as well as I could"
You mentioned short serving leaders making comebacks and serving for longer later on, but the UK's shortest term is 23 days, served by the Duke of Wellington. He had already served 2 years and 299 days in a term which ended 4 years and 1 day before his second term began. I guess this was like a victory lap or something lol.
You could even say that was our third shortest term, including two disputed ones from the 1700's, who served for 2 and 4 days respectively.
Why are they disputed?
@@JJMcCullough Not OP but I think recall they were early enough that the monarch had some discretion in who they judged could command the confidence of the House, and in those cases they judged wrongly
Theyâre disputed because the king invited them to form a government but after a couple days of wrangling they were unable to get any ministers to join their government and therefore had to decline, but some say they were prime ministers during those days of wrangling
@@JJMcCullough The King appointed them (he could appoint whoever he thought was best from parliament), but they couldn't find enough support. It is wasn't like they were leaders of parties; this was before that and instead that were unofficial factions. But they didn't do anything, so they are generally not accepted. This was when the office of Prime Minister did not then officially exist, but they were given all the other posts that PMs concurrently hold.
The disputed ones are disputed because they were unable to form a government. They were appointed by the monarch, though, as far as I remember (not directly, I'm not quite old enough).
Liz Truss lasted only 45 days and yet, somehow still outstayed her welcome.
She'd be out of her depth in a damp bathrobe.
If it wasnât for the Queen dying she wouldnât have even lasted a month
@@Solo-vh9fm The Queen met her, realized her nation was boned, and decided she was ready to rejoin the Lord
@@DoctorCyan no! the lord re-joined her! now she will return to her true form of the immortal god emperor of Man-kind and one day return again in a new greater more durable form!
@@crownpenguin9180 Well, if anyone deserves that, it's HM The Queen. đ¤Ł
"It's theoretically possible that she could come back someday and be the longest serving prime minister in British history, but I will take that gamble!"
Bold move, Cotton! đ¤Ł
My pastor happens to come from the same hometown as Pope JP1, back when he was Fr. Luciano Albiani. He told us about how he was a gifted sermonist, an astute spiritual advisor, and a compassionate man overall. JP1 was recently beatified; I think people will start to become more familiar with him as his legacy is more than just his short tenure as pope.
When JP1 died my mom told her sister, "Leslie! The Pope died!" Leslie goes, "I know that!" Then my mom says, "No, the NEW Pope died!"
No CZcamsr has won* as many awards as J.J. has, and I think that demonstrates how honest and respectable of a person he truly is.
*Nope
100th
So that's what it says underneath the pictures when he says "award-winning"
I think you should've mentioned Gustav Stresemann, a Weimar German politician who only reigned for 100 days as chancellor, but was one of the most influencial chancellors of the 20s.
He could've filled a whole video with Weimar chancellors alone - in 14 years, it had 10 chancellors that were in office for less than a year. Even more when counting those who resigned but were re-appointed to form a new government.
@@varana Definitely, I just thought Stresemann would've been the most interesting/influential to talk about.
As a Brit, I'm extremely ashamed of what happened with Liz Truss, but I suppose one positive takeaway I've had from the experience is that all democracies and all forms of government throw up bad leaders from time to time, and it speaks to the quality of our constitution that we were able to ditch her so quickly
It does seem a bit unfair though. I mean, can you really judge a prime minister that quickly?
@@JJMcCullough sometimes, if they're bad enough lol
@@JJMcCullough I mean better safe than sorry right? If she made such a mess of the economy in 40 days what could have happened in 4 years
@@JJMcCullough She went from 10pts behind Labour in the polls to 35pts behind basically overnight. It was really bad, worse than Black Wednesday. People lost mortgages, the amount it cost for the UK government to borrow surged, the finance minister was promising austerity worse 10 years ago just to pay for it.
@Wandering Soul why they remove if he so good then
Even on the state level here in the U.S. such short terms are very rare. My guess is most governors on the list are there only because they died shortly after taking office, or served out the term of their predecessor who died or resigned. Here are the ones I can think of that don't fit either of those criteria:
*Evan Mecham (Arizona, 455 days, 1987-88): only governor in history to face removal via impeachment, felony indictment, and a scheduled recall election simultaneously
*Eliot Spitzer (New York, 441 days, 2007-08): resigned in a prostitution scandal
*Thomas Campbell (Arizona, 330 days, 1917): ordered to transfer the governorship to his 1916 opponent after the state supreme court overruled his election victory (the election was decided by a few dozen votes so the dispute was over how to count ballots where voters checked the box that said 'straight ticket Democrat' but also checked the box for the Republican candidate for governor); elected back to the governorship in 1918
*Charles Gossett (Idaho, 320 days, 1945): appointed himself to the U.S. Senate after the previous senator died; lost the primary in the special Senate election the next year
*Jack Walton (Oklahoma, 315 days, 1923): impeached and removed for declaring martial law to crack down on the KKK
*Herman Talmadge (Georgia, 63 days, 1947): removed by the state supreme court in the "Three Governors controversy" (his father had won the election but died before taking office); elected back to the governorship in 1948
*Joseph T. Robinson (Arkansas, 51 days, 1913): resigned after the state legislature elected him to the U.S. Senate; later became the Democrats' VP nominee in 1928
*William S. Taylor (Kentucky, 50 days, 1899-1900): state legislature overturned the election results and he was ordered to transfer the governorship to his opponent William Goebel, who was shot the day before he was sworn in and died 3 days into his term; Taylor was implicated in Goebel's assassination and he fled the state, but was later pardoned
*John S. Little (Arkansas, 24 days, 1907): resigned after suffering a nervous breakdown
*Thomas Moodie (North Dakota, 24 days, 1935): removed by the state supreme court for failing to meet residency requirements
*Hiram Bingham (Connecticut, 1 day, 1925): yep, the historian who rediscovered Machu Picchu in 1911; he was elected governor in November 1924 and then won a special Senate election in December 1924 before he was even sworn in as governor
*James Peabody (Colorado, 0 days, 1905): he had been defeated for reelection as governor in 1904, but the state legislature overturned the results on the condition that he immediately resign so that his running mate would become governor
And after all that, Hiram Bingham eventually gained the distinction of being the first congressperson censured by Congressđ
Jack Walton seems like a cool guy based on this limited info
What about William Lee D. Ewing?
William Henry Harrison built a fort in the town I grew up in and successfully turned the British back from advancing further into Ohio in the war of 1812. They still have a recreation of the fort, itâs supposedly the biggest wooden wall fort in all of North America. Definitely did more as a military leader than a political one.
Which town?
@@willfakaroni5808 itâs called Perrysburg, congress named it after commondore Oliver Hazard Perry, a war of 1812 naval officer who successfully held off the British in Lake Erie.
Never fail to take a topic that would often be considered rather mundane and then make it into an interesting look into the nature of our world as a whole, keep it up!
I think you can get several examples from Argentinean politics. There was the famous "5 presidents week" in 2001, where one of them established debt policies that affected government policies until today or even 1982 military junta leader Galtieri who started the Malvinas (Falklands) war.
I really couldn't imagine a more fitting character encapsulating the fall of Britain on the world stage
Charles Tupper, along with Herbert Hoover, was one of those politicians who came to leadership with an impressive CV but did not workout as expected. Perhaps you could do a vid on this topic.
Here in New Zealand, Mike Moore is the first to come to mind. Like Charles Tupper, he was only there for about two months in the midst of an election. But he's widely seen as our last Prime Minister to have a truly working class background, and had a notable stint as Trade Minister prior to his elevation to PM. After nearly winning back office in 1993 and spending a few years as an influential figure even from the backbenches, he would go on to be Director-General of the WTO from 1999-2002
Your pronunciation of Anneli Jäätteenmäki was hilarious. She's colloquially known by the nickname Jätteenmäki which means 'waste hill'.
Ouch đŹ
Maybe I just don't know finnish, but that nickname is oddly close to her actual name in spelling.
Liz Truss will be the ultimate trivia answer in a few years
JJ! I ran into you yesterday downtown and told you id be watching the new video, so here I am! Great job as always, youre appreciatedđâ
Thanks so much!!
If Sunak doesn't pan out there's time for the UK to have a Year of Four Prime Ministers.
Sunak was the first choice of the banking cartel. Indeed he is a member of that cartel. The hidden hand will keep him where it put him. The only policy he has committed to is raising taxes and cutting spending so we can pay off more debt. Who benefits from that? I wonder.
The second I found out about Truss's resignation I immediately thought about JJ's video on Kim Campbell
I was also reminded of Kim Campbell. Not only did they both have short tenured but were replacing leaders who resigned due to their unpopularity.
Daniel Webster didnât actually leave the cabinet after Harrison died, so he was the only one that didnât quit.
You covered WHH for the US, but someone who was more influential in a short period of time would be James A Garfield though he served for a couple months. His assassination brought to end the spoils system, reshaped the republican party, and medicine. If you want a good read on his life and the interesting impact of his presidency, I would recommend "Destiny of the Republic" by Candice Millard. Also, his support for public education and civil rights adds some interesting what if questions to American history.
I did not know that about President Garfield! Thanks for the information!
Being Finnish Canadian, hearing you trying to pronounce Anneliâs name was amusing but A+ for effort!
This coming Halloween J.J. decided to scare us with the most frightening thing of all: *Politics*
Also the story about Tupper refusing to return to Canada is hilarious.
Imagine learning you will be the political leader of your nation and deciding "No I'm good".đ
Here in Brazil we had Janio Quadros. His presidency lasted 7 months, much more than the examples shown in this video, but still pretty short. And boy, what an interesting character he was!
There is also former president Carlos Luz, who served an incredible 72 hours as president
Great 'tent (content) Always enjoy the history lessons. The story of the Finnish PM was new to me.
That detail regarding the newspaper strike causing people to not even be aware of the new Pope - both coming and going đł - is fascinating.
Thanks for that đđżâ¤ď¸đ
I like how you tweeted "Liz Truss has had a bad first couple of weeks, but it's a testament to the sensationalism of our times, and the overly melodramatic, Netflix-ified way politics is reported on these days, that some people seem convinced she could actually be FORCED OUT after less than a month." Boy, that hot take sure aged well, didn't it, JJ?
I mean, he technically wasn't wrong there. She did last around a month and a half.
@@MrMike855 So you've basically missed the point. Yeah, she was forced out in just over a month instead of in under a months so "technically" JJ wasn't wrong - However, JJ thought that claims she would be forced out quickly were "sensationalism" and he was absolutely wrong. (And the only reason she lasted as long as she did was because things ground to a halt for two weeks because of that whole Queen dying thing).
@@steweson7363 No I didn't, I got that JJ was generally wrong. However, my response was tongue-in-cheek, I didn't expect you to be so serious about this.
@@MrMike855 Fair enough. It's hard to tell sometimes when someone is being tongue-in-cheek vs being a fanboy.
@@steweson7363 the safest answer is always /s at the end of sarcasm to denote the mindset to most online folks, fyi to y'all.
I was waiting for you to make this video!
In the India election in 1996 no one got a majority. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the leader of the largest party, BJP was sworn in and had 13 days to prove his majority. On the 13th day he didn't have a majority and had to resign and subsequently a new coalition was formed.
After this, the convention was changed, such that a new PM is not sworn until he proves his majority.
Coming back to 1996, what happened next was even weirder. The largest party sat in the opposition, the second largest party, Congress supported the government from outside, and the PM himself belonged to third largest party, JD.
Vajpayee would come to power again between 1998 and 2004 and is considered among the best PM's we ever had. Under him we became nuclear armed, fought Kargil War and had a great economic boom.
I consider James Garfield (US President #20) to be a great example. Not only was he an honorble and a straight shooter who was progressive for his time, but the reason his term was cut short was beacuse doctors caused him to get infeccted from an assastinated attempt wound. The way he got the nomination, the self-dertermination, the craziness of his would-be assassin, and Garfield's unique abilities are fascinating. I consider it a great injustice that the US only had him as president for 6 months.
love these types of videos
CafĂŠ Filho was a Brazilian president who served a bit less than 4 months in 1955, he got into office as the Vice President from GetĂşlio Vargas (a hugely important figure in Brazilian 20th century politics who suicided dramatically, and there so overshadowed CafĂŠâs government). His short term government is remembered in history for a failed coup attempt against president elected Jucelino Kubitscheck, who won de election against CafĂŠâs endorsed candidate.
In the end of a huge political crisis with counter coups and two interim presidents, CafĂŠ was impeached and Kubitscheck was allowed to take office.
3:57: the shortest serving "prime minister" of the Italian Republic (Amintore Fanfani) effectively served other more substantial times as "prime minister". However, the shortest serving Italian "prime minister" ever was Tommaso Tittoni in 1905 when Italy was still a Kingdom and it was his only experience as "prime minister", even if Tittoni served as President of the Senate of the Kingdom (higher house of the Parliament, since 1948 Senate of the Republic)
I love hearing all the Crash Bandicoot sound effects. You have good taste JJ.
I'm the the guy that ran into you at the Rideau centre a couple days ago! As always, great video and keep up the good work!
When I saw the video title I thought of Magdalena Andersson from Sweden because she was PM for a few hours but she did last almost a year
I did a video about her as well
@@JJMcCullough hey I think I remember that
In The Netherlands, we've had an under-minister (a member of the cabinet with a lower rank than that of a minister) who served for only nine hours: Philomena Bijlhout. She was forced to resign when it came to light - immediately after her confirmation - that she hadn't informed the prime minister (when applying for the job) of her activities for the civilian militia in the revolution of Surinam.
Technically Ireland's shortest-serving internationally-recognised leader was Michael Collins who was killed in action during the Irish Civil War after serving only 7 months. Nowadays he is viewed very sentimentally by Irish people, particularly on the right, as a "lost leader" who would supposedly have lead a more dynamic and modernising Ireland had he lived. But this is largely ahistorical mythologising in my opinion.
Well idk I think a lot of leaders could have been more dynamic than De Valera. Yes he did some great things in the 30s but by the 50s he'd gone on far too long. But impossible to know whether Collins could've been much different I guess
Diggin' your tent, not sure about the full size greenscreen, except your friend doesn't have to hide on the floor while you do your thang.
Great video! I feel like there a video explaining the history and structure of the Vatican City and itâs government would be very edutaining!
We need more videos just like this
A bunch of the Mexican presidents during their revolution would fit this
I wonder what would have happened if Trump had resigned (or otherwise been removed from office) after January 6th, leaving Mike Pence as president for the last week and a half of his term. Would Pence be forgotten as a random transititory president, or would he have tried to at least try to restabilize things before Biden took office, being remembered for his contrast with Trump?
(Yes, I know there's no chance Trump would have ever resigned. This is just a hypothetical.)
I suspect that the conventional wisdom would have become that Pence was the only person who was able to make the White House transition possible. People would probably say things like âif Trump hadnât been forced to resign there wouldâve been a Civil War.â
Bonar Law - Britain's first and only Canadian PM. He died of Throat Cancer after 211 days.
"Which wet lettuce will last longer" is so outta pocket lmao
Dude the call home to your mattress was a hilarious touch lol
As someone who had been observing Truss's premiership, I found this informative! I knew about Harrison, but I didn't know about that Finnish prime minister! Thanks for the video!
"Antebellum Tribune" is the underappreciated joke of this video!
Bro doesn't have a single video that isn't award winning
Great video
Very interesting topic, would like to see a video about long serving world leaders.
One of the longest reigning Queenâs last inauguration is to a prime minister who has one of a shortest serving term.
When I was in the Letterman Army hospital in the Presidio of San Francisco, I read a fictional book possibly called My Thirty Days in the White House. In the end, the discovery of thousands of hidden ballots in a New York warehouse brought a close to his tenure. At the time (Vietnam era) it seemed quite fanciful but recent events have given the book a darker tone. In any case, I found it hilarious.
Christopher Hornsud, was only in power for 18 days in 1928. While he obviously achieved little, his tenure is notable for several reasons. Most notably, he was the first prime minister from the Labour Party, which would later become the main party in Norway. Second, the Norwegian king was pressured to not let the Labour Party form a government, but he chose to follow normal parliamentary procedure with the famous quote that "I am also the king of the communists". Third, while being the shortest-serving prime minister, he was also the one that had the longest life, reaching 101.
7:14 Can you imagine what sort of pessimist would name their newspaper the "Antebellum Tribune"? Not only are you predicting a war, you're predicting your paper will go bust before then.
Lmao, JJ throwing shades at the eu parliament đšđšđšđš. âWhere all scandal plagued politicians goâ đđđđ
Happy Halloween !
A video about monarchs like this would be interesting.
Love the inclusion of Jäätteenmäki! Great video!
She met the queen and the queen died, she met the economy and the economy died she met the government and the government died
She is the GOAT most PMs take years to accomplish what she did in days truly a world record speedrun
Charles Tupper has the chaddest sideburns-neckbeard combo I have ever seen.
WOW! I wonder where did you come across Anneli Jäätteenmäki? Really like your vids. I would have never believed my country is mentioned in your videos. Greetings from Helsinki, Finland!
Yeah there is a meme whenever Finland is mentioned all the Finns say this in the comments. You have a beautiful country, although I only ever been in your airport..
@@chancevicary1805 That's cool to hear! I apparently have missed that meme somehow... Hey next I think you could joke about PM Marin's partying :)
I donât think Truss will actually be remembered that much. When I think about the Queenâs death, funeral, the Kingâs ascension I donât think about Truss being involved at all except for that one time an Australian(?) TV show couldnât identify her.
Choi Kyu-ha was the shortest serving Korean president, and even during his tenure had little to no power due to a military coup which stripped him from doing stuff
4:44 A bold move to reveal your canonical height to the internet.
Here in Australia our shortest serving Prime Minister (who wasnât a caretaker PM) was Arthur Fadden who governed for 39 Days in 1941. He took over from Sir Robert Menzies when he resigned from his first term due to disunity in the party. His premiership would come to end when the two independents maintaining his partyâs control of the house crossed the floor to the opposition ultimately forcing Fadden to resign as PM and John Curtain was declared the new PM.
A not so exciting recent example from my own country, the Netherlands, would be the tenure of Jelle Zijlstra. Served only for about six months as an interim prime minister, but managed to deliver an important budget, a major reform of the broadcast system, and decided to drill for gas in the North Sea. He left a positive impression. He later served as ceo of the national bank.
JJ please bring back your background its genuinely so interesting, especially how it slightly changes over time and is such an iconic part of your brand
Bruh he's traveling, background is back at home. Let the man take a vacation every once in a while
Don't worry, I imagine the original background is only missing today because of his traveling.
Yay he's back with the shortest leaders
Anneli Jäätteenmäki, what a person. I remember living that time, just learning about politics and such, mere 13 years old but those 68 days are engraved in my memory because of that Iraq controversy thing. Her excuse for getting potentially classified information was "It came to me without asking and by surprise" and when she was questioned about the sources, she claimed that she "Speaks as much truth that she can". If you get something like that, you don't use it as a campaigning tool. Luckily Finland has had somewhat better luck on prime ministers since, but it was a ride.
She wasnt bullied out of office she was kicked out because she tanked the economy
One of the most famous case of short term government in France was the "Great Cabinet" of LĂŠon Gambetta, which lasted two months and two weeks. It was the first and last time the leader of the (at the time) radical-left Republican Union was head of the government. It was nicknamed "the Great Cabinet" when Gambetta was appointed, mainly because contrary to usage none of the major figures of the various tendancies supporting the government were part of the government, and Gambetta sold it as a way to ensure that, since his leadership would be uncontested, things would get done and his cabinet would be remembered as a great one. Of course, after it fell, the nickname became a way to mock him.
I had my dbout; if JJs not tweeting much bout her then he might be recording on the topic XD
You forgot John Garfield, 20th President of the United States. He spent most of his Presidency dying.
I will never forget how short and controversial was Manuel Merino's presidency in PerĂş in mid 2020. Only five days.
When it comes to Argentine leaders of short duration (which, trust me, there are plenty), probably the most important one was HĂŠctor JosĂŠ CĂĄmpora, who served as president for 6 weeks between May 25th and July 13th of 1973. He was elected into office after the dictators of the 1966 Coup agreed to call for elections in which the Peronist Party was allowed to participate for the first time since the 1955 Coup, which made the party illegal and barred it from elections any sort of political activity.
His government was short but important, but not in a good way. It was mostly characterized by the ongoing tensions between the different political factions, which his government didn't improve in its short term. In fact, it was witness of an incredibly dark moment in Argentine history: the Ezeiza massacre. On the day in which PerĂłn was supposed to return from exile in Spain, June 20th 1973, members of the Peronist right initiated a shootout against the crowd gathered at the airport. 13 people died and around 365 were wounded.
CĂĄmpora and his vice-president both stepped down a month later for the sole purpose of calling for elections again, just so that the returning PerĂłn could present for elections and initiate his 3rd term as president. What at the time was seen as the greatest victory for PerĂłn and the Peronist party, it ended up being just a prelude to the darkest period in our entire history.
Peron must have been pretty old by then eh?
@@JJMcCullough He died a year later at age 78.
Casual research into short-serving UK prime ministers brought to my attention a couple of others. One was George Canning, who died in office. Another was Viscount Goderich, who was before Truss the shortest-serving PM not to die in office, as well as possibly the most handsome...
You could have covered Alexander Schallenberg, Austrias short term chancellor.
I miss your room background. It was so iconic
I don't know if it's just me, but I prefer the classic background instead of the green screen.
I think it would be interesting to do a video about the weird prevelance of the mafia in Canada !
I'll say i appreciate the wholesome nature of your political videos. its very refreshing to look at politics from the perspective of someone who can carry a positive tone. I can't watch most pundits as i find myself upset after any video
We're not calling it "-tent", this is where I draw the line
Ugh... I know I am breaking the rule of "no returning PMs", but here I go. In 2019, the then Kosovar PM, Ramush Haradinaj resigned after being called to The Hague for a trial on war crimes from the Kosovo War. He then called an election which was won by Albin Kurti and his left wing party. However, Kurti had to form a coalition because he didn't receive a majority of seats in parliament. He assumed office in February 2020 and almost immediately found himself in a power struggle with his coalition partner and the president over how to deal with COVID-19. This eventually lead to a confidence motion in his government which he failed. Despite his challenges, the leader of the 2nd largest party, Avdullah Hoti, was appointed PM instead after Kurti had been in office for exactly 4 months. However, Kurti would then win the election in 2021 by a wider margin and has been PM ever since.