Second Churchill ministry

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The Second Churchill ministry was the Conservative government led by Winston Churchill that returned him to power as British prime minister in the early 1950s, overseeing postwar recovery and the early Cold War period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government ministry ⓘ
Conservative government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
cabinetLeader Winston Churchill ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1955-04-06 ⓘ
followedBy Eden ministry ⓘ
foreignPolicyFocus Anglo-American relations ⓘ
Cold War containment ⓘ
relations with the Soviet Union ⓘ
formedAfter 1951 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
headOfGovernment Winston Churchill ⓘ
includedOffice Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Foreign Secretary ⓘ
Home Secretary ⓘ
Lord Chancellor ⓘ
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries ⓘ
Minister of Defence ⓘ
Minister of Education ⓘ
Minister of Health ⓘ
Minister of Housing and Local Government ⓘ
Minister of Labour and National Service ⓘ
Minister of Supply ⓘ
President of the Board of Trade ⓘ
Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations ⓘ
Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ
Secretary of State for War ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
legislatureStatus majority government ⓘ
legislatureTerm 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
40th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location 10 Downing Street ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
notableLegislationArea defence policy ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
housing policy ⓘ
oversawEvent British postwar economic recovery ⓘ
beginning of the end of the British Empire ⓘ
early stages of the welfare state consolidation in the UK ⓘ
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
precededBy Attlee ministry ⓘ
linked to: Attlee government
startTime 1951-10-26 ⓘ
timePeriod early Cold War ⓘ
post-Second World War era ⓘ

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1951 United Kingdom general election → followedBy → Second Churchill ministry ⓘ
National Government (United Kingdom) → followedBy → Churchill caretaker ministry ⓘ
linked to: Second Churchill ministry
Iron and Steel Act 1953 → government → Churchill ministry (1951–1955) ⓘ
linked to: Second Churchill ministry
Harold Macmillan ministry → precededBy → Anthony Eden ministry ⓘ
linked to: Second Churchill ministry