Attlee, Clement

has biography | a une biographie: Major British statesman and Labour Party politician in the twentieth century. In 1927, Attlee was one of the members of the Simon Commission sent to India to examine the possibilities of self-rule in Britain's largest colony. During the Second World War, Attlee was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1942 to 1945, as well as briefly serving as the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs from 1942 to 1943.

As Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, Attlee oversaw Britain's postwar transition and the beginning of decolonisation. Major events included the arrival of the Windrush generation who migrated from the Caribbean to Britain (1945-1960), the Partition of India (1947), the independence of Myanmar and Sri Lanka (1948), Britain's withdrawal from Palestine (1948), and the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960).
was born | est né: 3 January 1883
died in | est mort par: 8 October 1967
has nationality | a la nationalité: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has type | est de type: depicted

is referred to by | est référencé par: Wikipedia; Hansard; Art UK; National Portrait Gallery

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