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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 [1] and Labour politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980.
Sep 22, 2021 · James Callaghan, also known as ‘Sunny Jim’ or ‘Big Jim’, served as British Prime Minister between 1976 and 1979. His time in office was characterised by economic recession, sectarian violence in Ireland and sweeping industrial strikes across Britain.
James Callaghan is the only 20th-century British Prime Minister to have held all 4 major offices of state: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister.
The fall of James Callaghan in the summer of 1979 meant, according to most commentators across the political spectrum, the end of an ancien régime, a system of corporatism, Keynesian spending programmes, subsidised welfare, and trade union power.
James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan 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. After serving as a lieutenant in naval intelligence during World.
Read a biography on the 20th century Labour prime minister James Callaghan.
Leonard James "Jim" Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (/ ˈ k æ l ə ˌ h æ n /; 27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005) was a British Labour politician who served as the 48th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) from 1976 to 1979.
Jim Callaghan was Britain’s longest-lived Prime Minister, he died on the eve of his 93rd birthday on 26th March 2005. He was known by the nickname ‘sunny jim‘. Callaghan grew up in Cardiff. His childhood was dominated by poverty after his father died when Callaghan was only nine.
Mar 27, 2005 · James Callaghan, the affable, self-educated sailor's son who rose from poverty to become prime minister in the dying years of consensus politics in postwar Britain, died Saturday on the eve of...
Feb 22, 2000 · James Callaghan: Success and setbacks. James Callaghan, now Lord Callaghan, was Labour leader from 1976 until 1980 and prime minister from 1976 to 1979. Writing for BBC News...
