Ramsay MacDonald
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The Rt Hon James Ramsay MacDonald | |
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In office 22 January, 1924 – 4 November, 1924 |
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In office 5 June, 1929 – 7 June, 1935 |
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Preceded by | Stanley Baldwin |
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Succeeded by | Stanley Baldwin |
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Born | 12 October 1866 Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland |
Died | 9 November 1937 The Atlantic Ocean, on holiday aboard the liner Reina del Pacifico |
Political party | Labour (until 1931), National Labour (from 1931) |
James Ramsay MacDonald (12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times. He became the first Prime Minister of the Labour Party in 1924. His third period as Prime Minister was during the crisis of the Great Depression when he formed a "National Government" in which a majority of MPs were from the British Conservative Party and was expelled from the Labour Party.
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