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The Lord Bevan
Bevan in 1943
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
16 October 1964 – 8 August 1969
Preceded byAlec Douglas-Home
Succeeded byHarold Wilson
Leader of the Labour Party
In office
15 February 1963 – 8 July 1969
DeputyHarold Wilson
Preceded byHugh Gaitskell
Succeeded byHarold Wilson
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office
4 May 1959 – 15 February 1963
LeaderHugh Gaitskell
Preceded byJim Griffiths
Succeeded byHarold Wilson
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
22 July 1956 – 4 May 1959
LeaderHugh Gaitskell
Preceded byAlf Robens
Succeeded byDenis Healey
Minister of Labour and National Service
In office
17 January 1951 – 23 April 1951
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byGeorge Isaacs
Succeeded byAlf Robens
Minister of Health
In office
5 August 1945 – 17 January 1951
Prime MinisterClement Attlee
Preceded byHenry Willink
Succeeded byHilary Marquand
Member of Parliament
for Ebbw Vale
In office
30 May 1929 – 8 August 1969
Preceded byEvan Davies
Succeeded byNeil Kinnock
Member of the House of Lords
In office
6 May 1976 – 5 March 1982
Personal details
Born(1897-11-15)15 November 1897
Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died5 March 1982(1982-03-05) (aged 84)
Chesham, Buckinghamshire,
England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(m. 1934)
Alma materCentral Labour College, London
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