Heath, Sir Edward (Richard George)
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born July 9, 1916, Broadstairs, Kent, Eng.
British politician, prime minister of Britain (1970–74).
He held various government positions after being elected to Parliament in 1950, and after the Conservative defeat in 1964 he became a major opposition figure. As prime minister, he faced the crisis of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, over which he imposed direct British rule in 1972, and won French acceptance of British entry into the
European Economic Community. Unable to cope with Britain's mounting economic problems, chiefly rising inflation and unemployment and crippling labor strikes, he was succeeded by
Harold Wilson in 1974 and replaced as party leader by
Margaret Thatcher in 1975.
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