Nice signed commemorative cover.
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff
,
KG
,
PC
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; 27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), commonly known as
Jim Callaghan
, was a British statesman
[1]
and politician who served as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
from 1976 to 1979 and
Leader of the Labour Party
from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is the only person to have held all four
Great Offices of State
, having served as
Chancellor of the Exchequer
from 1964 to 1967,
Home Secretary
from 1967 to 1970 and
Foreign Secretary
from 1974 to 1976. He was a
Member of Parliament
(MP) from 1945 to 1987.