Anthony Teasdale as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1996-97. Later, Teasdale served as head of policy strategy and legislative planning for the EPP Group in the European Parliament, and as deputy chief of staff to Jerzy Buzek MEP, the former Prime Minister of Poland when the latter was President of the European Parliament from 2009-12. In addition to co-authoring (with Timothy Bainbridge) "The Penguin Companion to European Union" (see above), Teasdale has written articles on European and US politics in several academic journals, including "Political Quarterly", "Government and Opposition", "Electoral Studies" and the "Journal of Common Market Studies". His most recent publication
Prime Minister of Australia time to time Prime Ministers are required to leave the country on government business and a deputy acts in their place during that time. In the days before jet aircraft, such absences could be for extended periods. For example, William Watt was acting Prime Minister for 16 months, from April 1918 until August 1919, when Prime Minister Billy Hughes was away at the Paris Peace Conference, and Senator George Pearce was acting Prime Minister for more than seven months in 1916. An acting Prime Minister is also appointed when the prime minister takes leave. The Deputy Prime Minister most commonly