James Callaghan

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James Callaghan was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and held all four of the UK's major offices of state during his career.

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James Callaghan government 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
appointedBy Elizabeth II
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child Hilary Callaghan
Audrey Callaghan
surface form: Julia Callaghan

Margaret Jay
Michael Callaghan
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
educatedAt Portsmouth Northern Secondary School
employer HM Treasury
surface form: Inland Revenue
familyName Callaghan
givenName Leonard
headOfGovernmentOf United Kingdom
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor being the only person to have held all four great offices of state in the UK
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
militaryBranch Royal Navy
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
nobleTitle Baron Callaghan of Cardiff
notableWork Winter of Discontent policies
officeContested Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Portsmouth
placeOfDeath Ringmer
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
Father of the House of Commons
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary

Home Secretary
Leader of the Labour Party
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Lords
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy Harold Wilson
religion Church of England
represented Cardiff South East
Vale of Glamorgan
surface form: Cardiff South and Penarth
sexOrGender male
spouse Audrey Callaghan
succeededBy Margaret Thatcher
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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First Lord of the Admiralty officeHeldBy James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher precededBy James Callaghan
Labour Party (UK) notablePrimeMinister James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher government precededBy James Callaghan
this entity surface form: James Callaghan government
Cardiff South East notableMP James Callaghan
Cardiff South East representedBy James Callaghan
Callaghan hasNotableBearer James Callaghan
Ringmer notableResidentDeath James Callaghan
Margaret Jay father James Callaghan
Margaret Jay relative James Callaghan
Baron Callaghan of Cardiff grantedTo James Callaghan
Baron Callaghan of Cardiff holder James Callaghan
Harold Wilson succeededBy James Callaghan
Audrey Callaghan spouse James Callaghan
Audrey Callaghan spouseName James Callaghan
Hilary Callaghan father James Callaghan
Michael Callaghan father James Callaghan
Michael Callaghan parent James Callaghan
David Owen appointedBy James Callaghan
Labour government chancellorOfTheExchequer James Callaghan
subject surface form: Labour government (Harold Wilson, 1964–1970)
Labour government homeSecretary James Callaghan
subject surface form: Labour government (Harold Wilson, 1964–1970)