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Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (/ ˈ k æ l ə h æ n / ⓘ KAL-ə-han; 27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980.
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Mar 23, 2024 · James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan (born March 27, 1912, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England—died March 26, 2005, Ringmer, East Sussex) was a British Labour Party politician, who was prime minister from 1976 to 1979. Callaghan entered the civil service at age 17 as a tax officer. By 1936 he had become a full-time trade-union official.
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Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (March 27, 1912 – March 26, 2005), was the fourth British Labour Prime Minister from 1976 to 1979. Callaghan is the only person to have filled all four of the Great Offices of State: Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, and Foreign Secretary.
Mar 31, 2005 · Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, a British prime minister, died on March 26th, aged 92. Mar 31st 2005 |. Getty Images. IN MAY 1979, after his government had lost a confidence vote in the Commons, James ...
James Callaghan (1912-2005) is the only Parliamentarian to have the honour of holding the offices of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister.
