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  1. e. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill [a] (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

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    Winston Churchill was born on 30 November 1874 at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, the home of the Dukes of Marlborough. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, was a younger son of the 7th Duke, and a leading Tory politician. His mother (née Jenny Jerome) was American. As a boy, Churchill went to the famous Harrow School.He did not get good res...

    In 1910 Churchill became Home Secretary, one of the most important members of the government. In 1911 he was made First Lord of the Admiralty, which put him in charge of the Royal Navy. When World War I broke out, he stayed in that job. He organized an invasion in Gallipoli which went wrong, and because of this, he was made to leave the government....

    After World War I, in 1919, Churchill was made Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Air (aircraft). In 1920, Winston ordered the first air bombing in Africa when he bombed the Darwiish State, (also called Daraawiish State). In 1921 he was in charge of the colonies as Secretary of State. Soon after, in 1922 he lost in an election. ...

    At the start of World War II, Churchill was again put in charge of the Navy. In 1940 the war was going badly for Britain. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlainresigned on May 10 and Churchill was given the job. Some people thought that Britain could not win the war, and that the British government should make peace with Hitler. Churchill was sure that...

    In 1945, his party lost an election, and he stopped being Prime Minister. However, he became Prime Minister again in 1951, which he was until 1955. He was knighted in 1953, and became Sir Winston, and also won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1955, he retired from being Prime Minister. In 1964, he retired from Parliament. In 1963, President John F...

    Title (US Title) (Year of publication) 1. The Story of the Malakand Field Force(1898) 2. The River War (1899): about the reconquest of the Sudan, after the revolution of the self-proclaimed Mahdi, Muhammed Ahmed. 3. Savrola(1900; serialised 1899 and published USA 1899): a novel 4. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900): the Second Boer War, and th...

    "Winston Churchill". Find a Grave. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
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  3. Fast Facts: Winston Churchill. Known For: Prime minister of the United Kingdom during World War II. Also Known As: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Born: November 30, 1874 in Blenheim, Oxfordshire, England. Parents: Lord Randolph Churchill, Jennie Jerome. Died: January 24, 1965 in Kensington, London, England.

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  5. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays and memoirs.

  6. A minister-president (German: Ministerpräsident) is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, who presides over the council of ministers. The title is similar to Prime Minister, First Minister, and President of the Council.

  7. Francis Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of the Gold Coast from 1952 until 1957, when it gained independence from Britain.

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