…of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. Gandhi served as Prime Minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October… […]

…“The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, Deputy Prime Minister”; 1945: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, For LIFE Magazine”; and 1949: “Prime Minister Clement Attlee, For Newsweek Magazine.” See more…. […]

…would make his outstanding portrait of the great British Prime Minister. My portrait of Winston Churchill changed my life. I knew after I had taken it that it was an… […]

William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1936 William Lyon Mackenzie King died on this day, July 22, in 1950 (b. 1874). King was Canada’s 10th Prime Minister and served from 1921-1930, and… […]

Brian Mulroney, 1985 Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada from 1984-1993, was born on this day, March 20, in 1939. Mulroney served as Prime Minister of Canada from 1984-1993. See… […]

…Prime Minister from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947, until his death in 1964. He was photographed by Karsh twice during his prime ministership, in 1949 and 1956…. […]

Margaret Thatcher, 1974 Britain’s first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, died on this day, April 8, in 2013. She served from 1979 to 1990, making her the longest-serving British prime… […]

Anthony Eden, 1949 Anthony Eden was born on this day, June 12, in 1897. He became Prime Minister of Great Britain after Winston Churchill‘s resignation in 1955. Karsh photographed The… […]

…Bhutto’s tenure as the ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan, and he would go on to photograph his daughter Benazir Bhutto, the 11th and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan, in 1989…. […]

Jawaharlal Nehru, 1956 Jawaharlal Nehru was born on this day, November 14, in 1889. Nehru was an Indian independence activist, and subsequently, the first Prime Minister of India and a… […]

Winston Churchill, 1941 In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the International Churchill Society has launched a global competition inspired by the famous speeches of Britain’s wartime Prime Minister. The competition… […]

Franklin Roosevelt, Mackenzie King, Lord Tweedsmuir, 1936 Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said today his country needs a “Rooseveltian” approach to the economy following the coronavirus epidemic, alluding to… […]

Indira Gandhi, 1956 Indira Gandhi became the 4th Prime Minister of India on this day, January 19, in 1966. She served from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980… […]

Benazir Bhutto, 1989 On this day in 1988, Benazir Bhutto was named Prime Minister of Pakistan; she served in the role from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to… […]

…of Canada – particularly because it mentioned both the diversity of the group of new citizens and the fact that Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King had the certificate numbered… […]

John Diefenbaker, 1974 John Diefenbaker was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 1957 to April 1963. He led the Tories to their first electoral victory in 27… […]

“After the Bank of England revealed a new plastic five pound note featuring Winston Churchill, the panel discuss why the former prime minister looks so displeased in the photo.” Watch… […]

Clement Attlee, 1949 Clement Richard Attlee (1883 – 1967) was a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the Leader… […]

…coat. That fur coat was reserved for Prime Minister Macmillan of England to go with my husband tobogganing so in case the Prime Minister falls, he will not hurt himself.”… […]

Margaret Thatcher, 1974 On this day, November 22, in 1990, Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation. The first woman prime minister in British history was elected in 1979 and was the… […]

Turf War by Banksy, Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh Banksy’s Turf War reproduces Karsh’s famous portrait of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill with a slight difference; instead of a… […]

…his office as Leader of the Official Opposition (the Conservatives) taken on March 23, 1939. Manion, running for prime minister, was defeated by Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King…. […]

…official visit to the Dominion of Canada, in 1936. There to greet him and his son James Roosevelt were: Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada; Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie… […]

Jawaharlal Nehru, 1956 Jawaharlal Nehru died on this day, May 27, in 1964. Nehru was an Indian independence activist, and subsequently, the first Prime Minister of India and a central… […]

Winston Churchill, 1941 We say goodbye to 2020, and celebrate the 79th anniversary of the making of this portrait. On December 30, 1941, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave a… […]

Margaret Thatcher, 1976 Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female prime minister on this day, May 4, in 1979. She was in office from 1979 to 1990, making her the longest-serving… […]

…when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister – we just added this portrait of him to the website. See a portrait of Wilson from 1949 when he was President of the… […]

…“The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, Deputy Prime Minister”; 1945: “The Right Honorable Clement Attlee MP, For LIFE Magazine”; and 1949: “Prime Minister Clement Attlee, For Newsweek Magazine.” See more…. […]

…the Governor General of Canada; Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; and, a great deal of International press. “This photograph was made on the terrace of the Citadel at Quebec… […]

Lester Pearson, 1965 Lester Pearson was a Canadian scholar, statesman, soldier, and diplomat who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He died on this… […]

Harold Macmillan, 1955 British politician Harold Macmillan became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on this day, January 10, in 1957, serving in the role until 1963. Macmillan was the… […]

…visit to the Dominion of Canada. There to greet him and his son James Roosevelt were: Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada; Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; and, a… […]

James Callaghan, 1963 James Callaghan was born on this day, March 27, in 1912 (d.2005). He was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from… […]

Brian Mulroney, 1985 Brian Mulroney was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. He was photographed by Karsh… […]

…University of British Columbia Press). Also included are Karsh’s portraits of Alice Desjardins, a judge of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal; and one of Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney…. […]

…Masaryk, Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia) and 1982 (Judith Anderson and Zoe Caldwell in costume for parts in Medea. Photographed together and individually.) See a second Karsh… […]

…Having become the favorite photographer of Canadian politicians, he was given the assignment to photograph Winston Churchill after one of the Prime Minister’s most famous speeches in December 1941. The… […]

…from the wall of the Speaker’s chamber. When then-British prime minister Tony Blair visited Ottawa in 2001 to address Parliament, he thought the Churchill photo had been put up in… […]

Yousuf Karsh Canadian Passport In 1945, Karsh became naturalized Canadian citizen number 10 and was given a passport. The Canadian Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, invited one representative from… […]

…Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. Roland Michener, who is in the chair, was Speaker… […]

…the period. Opening the “Political Heroes” section is a beaming Winston Churchill, the less well-known photograph of Britain’s Prime Minister in 1941, made immediately after what has come to be… […]

…his son James Roosevelt were: Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada; Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; and, a great deal of International press. Read more about this important photograph…. […]

…Georges Vanier and his wife Pauline. Georges Vanier, later a governor general of Canada, was appointed by Prime Minister Mackenzie King to be the official Canadian representative with the French… […]

…iconic portrait is in use in various articles, and features as the cover of the January, 2018, issue of British Mayfair Magazine. Darkest Hour follows Churchill’s early days as Prime… […]

…Lord Tweedsmuir that Karsh met and formed a close friendship with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, and it was through Mackenzie King that Karsh was invited to photograph Winston… […]

…Prime Minister Brian Mulroney greeted Mandela at the airport and accompanied him to the Chateau Laurier. “We were waiting in the lobby and the introductions were made. When the session… […]

…George became the first British monarch to visit America and Canada. From Ottawa, they were accompanied throughout by Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, to present themselves in North… […]

…months after Mandela’s release from prison. Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada at the time, greeted Mandela at the airport and accompanied him to the Chateau Laurier for his portrait…. […]

…last day, I phoned the Protocol Office every hour: when would the prime minister be free? My frustration was not eased by the embassy phone, which periodically went out of… […]

…In the image above, we see Roosevelt three years prior, in 1936, with Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Thanksgiving Day in Canada was celebrated on November 6 until World War… […]

…picture of Prime Minister Winston Churchill: the one where he stands, hand on hip, glaring at the lens – and the one that appears on Britain’s 5-pound note. It was… […]

…House on December 29, 1941, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Roosevelt aide Harry Hopkins. (Wikipedia). Karsh photographed several Secretaries General and others with roles at… […]

…lift trade sanctions on South Africa – a request then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney proudly obliged. Canada lifted the sanctions in 1993, the year before Mandela became president. Twenty years… […]

Benazir Bhutto, 1989 Benazir Bhutto was born on this day, June 21, in 1953. She served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to… […]

…Canadian citizen number 10 and given a passport. The Canadian Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, invited one representative from each of the 10 provinces to receive the first passports,… […]

…Federation on this day, July 10, in 1991. He would lead from 1991 to 1999, when he resigned and was succeeded by his chosen successor, former Prime Minister Vladimir Putin…. […]

Jacques Chirac, 1981 Jacques Chirac, former French president, has died. M. Chirac was elected to two consecutive terms as president, beginning in 1995, having already served as prime minister. Karsh… […]

…Soviet)”. The records show that he was photographed at Government House, Ottawa, on May 30, 1990, during an historic visit to Canada where he met with then-prime minister Brian Mulroney…. […]

…served in Winston Churchill’s war cabinet and opposed appeasement of Nazi Germany. He was Prime Minister of the UK from 1957 to 1963. Dubbed “Supermac”, he was known for his… […]

…by Karsh in Ottawa in 1983. According to UPI Archives, Mubarak was in Ottawa for a two-day state visit and talks with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (who was photographed by… […]

…or a Prime Minister or perhaps a titan of industry. Throughout history, these are the kinds of men who have wielded influence over the world. In 1999, Man of the… […]

James Callaghan, 1963 James Callaghan was born on this day, March 27, in 1912. He was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976… […]

…appointed as governor general by King George VI, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King, to replace the Earl of Athlone as viceroy, and he… […]

…MacMillan was knighted in 1935 by King George V on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada, R. B. Bennett. Macmillan is widely regarded as being Canada’s pre-eminent musician,… […]

Winston Churchill, 1941 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA, was born on this day, November 30, in 1874. He was Prime Minister of the… […]

Lech Walesa, 1989 On December 9, 1990, Lech Walesa won the Polish presidential election, defeating Prime Minister Mazowiecki and other candidates to become Poland’s first freely elected head of state… […]

President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, 1969 American magazine Newsweek launched on February 17, in 1933. Karsh photographed several people for the weekly publication. The Sitters include British Prime… […]

Fidel Castro, 1971 On February 24, 2008, after nearly 50 years in power, Fidel Castro retired as President of Cuba. He served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to… […]

…roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. After World War II, he was the chief architect of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, serving as both prime minister (1944–1963),… […]

…as Prime Minister twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. Wilson was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976…. […]

…not to lift trade sanctions on South Africa – a request then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney proudly obliged. Canada lifted the sanctions in 1993, the year before Mandela became president…. […]

…Soviet)”. The records show that he was photographed at Government House, Ottawa, on May 30, 1990, during an historic visit to Canada where he met with then-prime minister Brian Mulroney…. […]

…as Prime Minister twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. Wilson was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976…. […]

Benazir Bhutto, 1989 Benazir Bhutto was born on this day, June 21, in 1953. She served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to… […]

…months after Mandela’s release from prison. Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada at the time, greeted Mandela at the airport and accompanied him to the Chateau Laurier for his portrait…. […]

…Mackenzie King,” about the relationship between Karsh and the man who was the prime minister of Canada from 1935 to 1948. King arranged Karsh’s meeting with Winston Churchill on December… […]

…was photographed by Karsh in June, 1990, just four months after Mandela’s release from prison. Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada at the time, greeted Mandela at the airport and… […]

…in 2019. Chirac was elected to two consecutive terms as president of France, beginning in 1995, having already served as prime minister. Karsh photographed Chirac in 1981 for Paris Match…. […]

Pierre Elliot Trudeau, 1968 “When I photographed Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, soon after he took office in 1968, the voters already had found him compelling and charismatic but not… […]