James Callaghan (other)
James Callaghan (1912–2005) served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979. James or Jim Callaghan may also refer to: Other politicians *James Callaghan (New Jersey politician) (1914–1972), Newark councilman *Jim Callaghan (Lancashire politician) (1927–2018), MP for Heywood and Middleton Others *Jimmy Callaghan (horse racing) (c. 1902–1979), performing name of the Australian Aboriginal horse racer *James Callaghan, Scottish football referee in the 1968–69 Scottish Cup#Final, 1968–69 Scottish Cup *Jimmy Callaghan, British trucker in ''Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers'' See also

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James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was 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. Born into a working-class family in Portsmouth, Callaghan left school early and began his career as a tax inspector, before becoming a trade union official in the 1930s; he served as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He was elected to Parliament at the 1945 election, and was regarded as being on the left wing of the Labour Party. He was appointed to the Attlee government as a parliamentary secretary in 1947, and began to move increasingly towards the right wing ...
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