The Lord Healey | |
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Deputy Leader of the Labour Party | |
In office 4 November 1980 – 2 October 1983 | |
Leader | Michael Foot |
Preceded by | Michael Foot |
Succeeded by | Roy Hattersley |
Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
In office 8 December 1980 – 13 July 1987 | |
Leader | Michael Foot Neil Kinnock |
Preceded by | Peter Shore |
Succeeded by | Gerald Kaufman |
In office 20 June 1970 – 19 April 1972 | |
Leader | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
Succeeded by | James Callaghan |
In office 11 October 1959 – 2 November 1961 | |
Leader | Hugh Gaitskell |
Preceded by | Aneurin Bevan |
Succeeded by | Harold Wilson |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
In office 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
Preceded by | Anthony Barber |
Succeeded by | Sir Geoffrey Howe |
Secretary of State for Defence | |
In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
Succeeded by | The Lord Carrington |
Member of Parliament for Leeds East | |
In office 26 May 1955 – 9 April 1992 | |
Preceded by | Constituency Created |
Succeeded by | George Mudie |
Member of Parliament for Leeds South East | |
In office 14 February 1952 – 26 May 1955 | |
Preceded by | James Milner |
Succeeded by | Alice Bacon |
Personal details | |
Born | Mottingham, Kent, England | 30 August 1917
Died | 3 October 2015 Alfriston, East Sussex, England | (aged 98)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Edna Edmunds (m. 1945–2010; her death) |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Military service | |
Branch/service | British Army • Royal Engineers |
Years of service | 1940–1945 |
Rank | Major |
Battles/wars | World War II • North African Campaign • Italian Campaign • Battle of Anzio |
Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour politician. He was Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.
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