Callaghan (of Cardiff), (Leonard) James Callaghan, Baron
- Callaghan (of Cardiff), (Leonard) James Callaghan, Baron
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British politician.
A trade union official, he entered the House of Commons as a
Labour Party member in 1945. He served in Labour governments as chancellor of the Exchequer (1964–67),
home secretary (1967–70), and
foreign secretary (1974–76) before becoming prime minister (1976–79). A moderate within his party, he tried to stem the vociferous demands of the trade unions. After a series of paralyzing labour strikes in 1978–79 (the
so-called "Winter of Discontent"), his government was brought down by a parliamentary vote of no confidence. He was created a life peer in the House of Lords in 1987.
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