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Harold Wilson

1916 – 1995

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, Leader of the Opposition twice — from 1963 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1974 — and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1983. Wilson is the only Labour leader to have formed a government after a general election four separate times.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
March 11, 1916
Huddersfield
Date of death
May 24, 1995
London
Citizenship

United Kingdom

Occupations & fields
politicianEsperantiststatistician
Awards & honours
Officer of the Order of the British Empirehonorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan UniversityOrder of the GarterFinancial Times Person of the Yearhonorary doctorate
Field and occupation
štatistik, Spojené kráľovstvo
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