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Leonard James
"
Jim
"
Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff
,
KG
,
PC
(
; 27 March 1912 ? 26 March 2005) was a British
Labour
politician who served as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(UK) from 1976 to 1979.
[1]
Born in the
1910s
, Callaghan was an old-style
socialist
, lacking any
higher education
,
[1]
and served as
Member of Parliament
(MP) for a
Cardiff
constituency.
[1]
He is the only person to have held all three leading
UK Cabinet
positions (
Chancellor
,
Home Secretary
and
Foreign Secretary
), prior to their premiership. He was never expected to reach the premiership, having taken a back seat to the younger and more charismatic
Harold Wilson
for many years. However, when Wilson unexpectedly announced his retirement in 1976, Callaghan was the most experienced candidate to replace him. His time as prime minister was one of more
open government
but the
electorate
was dissatisfied with his relaxed response to high
inflation
and more
industrial unrest
, and replaced Labour with a
Conservative
government under
Margaret Thatcher
.
Callaghan resigned as
Leader of the Labour Party
shortly afterwards, but remained an MP for some years before being sent to the
House of Lords
as
Baron
Callaghan of Cardiff.
[1]
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