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James Callaghan

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James Callaghan

1912–2005

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979

Early 20th Century

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Biography

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is the only person to have held all four Great Offices of State, having also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967, Home Secretary from 1967 to 1970 and Foreign Secretary from 1974 to 1976. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1987.

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1912
Birth

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)

March 27 →
1969
Event

Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years.

December 18 →
1976
Event

en el Reino Unido, James Callaghan se convierte en primer ministro tras la renuncia de Harold Wilson.

April 5 →
1976
Event

Former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party, leaving Prime Minister James Callaghan in power.

April 7 →
1979
Event

The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.

March 28 →
2005
Death

English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)

March 26 →

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