Clement Attlee

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Clement Attlee was the British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951, leading the postwar government that established the modern welfare state and nationalized key industries.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Labour Party politician
Member of Parliament
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
birthDate 1883-01-03
birthPlace Putney, London, England
conflict First World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1967-10-08
deathPlace Westminster, London, England
educatedAt Haileybury College
University College, Oxford
familyName Attlee
fullName Clement Richard Attlee
givenName Clement
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
honorificSuffix CH
FRS
KG
OM
PC
ideology democratic socialism
knownFor creation of the National Health Service
establishing the modern British welfare state
expansion of social security in the United Kingdom
housing and education reforms in the United Kingdom
leading postwar Labour government
nationalization of key industries in the United Kingdom
languageSpoken English
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom
militaryService British Army
monarchDuringTerm George VI
nobleTitle Earl Attlee
numberOfChildren 4
politicalParty Labour Party
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Leader of the Labour Party
Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
Lord Privy Seal
Member of Parliament for Limehouse
Member of Parliament for Walthamstow West
Postmaster General
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy Winston Churchill
primeMinisterEnd 1951-10-26
primeMinisterStart 1945-07-26
religion Anglicanism
spouse Violet Attlee
succeededBy Winston Churchill


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