Harold Macmillan ministry

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The Harold Macmillan ministry was the Conservative government of the United Kingdom led by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan from 1957 to 1963, overseeing a period of post-war prosperity and decolonisation.

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instanceOf Conservative government of the United Kingdom
ministry of the United Kingdom government
coalition single-party majority government
country United Kingdom
economicPolicy Keynesian demand management
mixed economy
election 1959 United Kingdom general election NERFINISHED
endTime 1963
followedBy Alec Douglas-Home ministry NERFINISHED
foreignPolicy Atlanticism
maintenance of the nuclear deterrent
support for NATO
governmentHeadTitle Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
headOfGovernment Harold Macmillan NERFINISHED
ideology conservatism
jurisdiction United Kingdom
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
legislatureTerm 34th Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
35th Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
36th Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
location London, England
surface form: London
monarch Elizabeth II NERFINISHED
notableSpeech "You’ve never had it so good" speech NERFINISHED
officeHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Foreign Secretary NERFINISHED
Minister of Defence
Minister of Health
Minister of Labour
officeHolder Duncan Sandys NERFINISHED
Enoch Powell NERFINISHED
Iain Macleod NERFINISHED
Peter Thorneycroft NERFINISHED
Rab Butler NERFINISHED
Selwyn Lloyd NERFINISHED
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED
precededBy Anthony Eden ministry NERFINISHED
reasonForEnd resignation of Harold Macmillan due to ill health
resultOfElection Conservative majority government
significantEvent Nuclear Test Ban Treaty negotiations
Profumo affair NERFINISHED
Suez Crisis aftermath
Wind of Change speech NERFINISHED
application for membership of the European Economic Community
decolonisation of the British Empire
post-war economic prosperity in the United Kingdom
startTime 1957
stateHeadTitle Monarch

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Reginald Bevins partOf Harold Macmillan ministry
Profumo affair temporalContext Harold Macmillan ministry
this entity surface form: Harold Macmillan’s premiership