Second Baldwin government

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The Second Baldwin government was the Conservative administration led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in the United Kingdom from 1924 to 1929, overseeing a period of relative economic stability and imperial consolidation between the wars.

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instanceOf Conservative government of the United Kingdom
Government of the United Kingdom
appointedBy George V
cabinetNumber 61st Cabinet of the United Kingdom
capital London
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1929
domesticPolicyArea industrial relations
social policy
economicCondition relative economic stability
endedAfter United Kingdom general election, 1929
endTime 1929-06-05
followedBy Second MacDonald government
followedByCabinet Third Baldwin government
follows First Baldwin government
foreignPolicyArea British Empire
European diplomacy
formedAfter United Kingdom general election, October 1924
handledEvent General Strike of 1926
headOfGovernment Stanley Baldwin
inception 1924
includesOffice Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Admiralty
Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
Lord Chancellor
Lord Privy Seal
Minister of Health
President of the Board of Trade
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Secretary of State for India
Secretary of State for Scotland
Secretary of State for War
Secretary of State for the Colonies
jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom
legislatureStatus Majority government
legislatureTerm 33rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
location London
monarch George V
namedAfter Stanley Baldwin
partOf history of the United Kingdom (1918–1939)
policyFocus imperial consolidation
politicalIdeology Conservatism
politicalPartyInGovernment Conservative Party (UK)
precededBy First MacDonald government
primeMinister Stanley Baldwin
startTime 1924-11-04
timePeriod interwar period

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Second Baldwin government ("First Baldwin government")
follows
Chamberlain government
precededBy

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