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- Edward_Heath abstract "Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from June 1970 to February 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975.Born in Kent, Heath studied at Oxford University and served in the Second World War. He was first elected to Parliament in 1950 for Bexley, and was the Chief Whip from 1955 to 1959. Entering the Cabinet as Minister of Labour in 1959, he was later promoted to Lord Privy Seal and later became President of the Board of Trade. In 1965, Heath won the leadership of the Conservative Party against Reginald Maudling and Enoch Powell. The 1966 election months later saw the Labour Government of Harold Wilson win a large victory, although Heath remained leader.Heath became Prime Minister after winning the 1970 election. In 1971, Heath oversaw the decimalisation of British coinage and in 1972, he implemented major reform to the UK's system of local government; these included a reduction in the number of local authorities across Britain as well as the creation of a number of new metropolitan counties. Possibly most significantly, Heath took the UK into the European Economic Community in 1973. Heath's Premiership also oversaw the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, with the suspension of the Stormont Parliament and the imposition of direct British rule. Unofficial talks with IRA delegates were unsuccessful, as was the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973, which caused the Ulster Unionist Party to withdraw from the Conservative whip.Heath also attempted to curb the power of trade unions with the Industrial Relations Act 1971, and had hoped to deregulate the economy and make a transfer from direct to indirect taxation. However, rising unemployment in 1972 caused Heath to reflate the economy at the cost of high inflation, which he attempted to control by a prices and incomes policy. Two miners' strikes, in 1972 and another at the beginning of 1974, proved damaging to the government, with the latter causing the implementation of the Three-Day Week to conserve energy. Heath eventually called an election for February 1974 in an attempt to win a public mandate to face down the miners' wage demands, but this instead resulted in a hung parliament, in which the Tories had the most votes but Labour had slightly more seats. Following a failed attempt to establish a coalition government with the Liberal Party, Heath was forced to resign as Prime Minister in favour of Harold Wilson, whose minority government won a small majority in a second election in October that year.Despite losing two general elections in quick succession, Heath vowed to continue as leader of his party. In February 1975, however, his former Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher challenged and defeated Heath to win the leadership. Returning to the backbenches, Heath became an active critic of Thatcher's policies as leader and, from 1979, as Prime Minister. He remained a backbench MP until retiring in 2001, serving as the Father of the House for his last nine years in Parliament. Outside of politics, Heath was a world-class yachtsman and a musician of near-professional standard. He was also one of only four British Prime Ministers never to have married.".
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- Edward_Heath activeYearsEndDate "1960-07-27".
- Edward_Heath activeYearsEndDate "1963-10-18".
- Edward_Heath activeYearsEndDate "1964-10-16".
- Edward_Heath activeYearsEndDate "1965-11-11".
- Edward_Heath activeYearsEndDate "1970-06-19".
- Edward_Heath activeYearsEndDate "1974-03-04".
- Edward_Heath activeYearsEndDate "1975-02-11".
- Edward_Heath activeYearsEndDate "2001-06-07".
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- Edward_Heath alias "Heath, Ted".
- Edward_Heath almaMater Balliol_College,_Oxford.
- Edward_Heath award 1939%E2%80%9345_Star.
- Edward_Heath award France_and_Germany_Star.
- Edward_Heath award Order_of_the_British_Empire.
- Edward_Heath award War_Medal_1939%E2%80%931945.
- Edward_Heath birthDate "1916-07-09".
- Edward_Heath birthName "Edward Richard George Heath".
- Edward_Heath birthPlace Broadstairs.
- Edward_Heath birthPlace Kent.
- Edward_Heath birthYear "1916".
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- Edward_Heath deathDate "2005-07-17".
- Edward_Heath deathPlace Salisbury.
- Edward_Heath deathPlace Wiltshire.
- Edward_Heath deathYear "2005".
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- Edward_Heath militaryBranch British_Army.
- Edward_Heath militaryBranch Royal_Artillery.
- Edward_Heath militaryRank Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom).
- Edward_Heath monarch Elizabeth_II.
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- Edward_Heath office "Chief Whip of the House of Commons".
- Edward_Heath office "Father of the House".
- Edward_Heath office "Leader of the Conservative Party".
- Edward_Heath office "Leader of the Opposition".
- Edward_Heath office "Lord Privy Seal".
- Edward_Heath office "Minister of Labour".
- Edward_Heath office "Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury".
- Edward_Heath office "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom".
- Edward_Heath office "Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development".
- Edward_Heath office "Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer".
- Edward_Heath party Conservative_Party_(UK).
- Edward_Heath primeMinister Alec_Douglas-Home.
- Edward_Heath primeMinister Anthony_Eden.
- Edward_Heath primeMinister Harold_Macmillan.
- Edward_Heath primeMinister Harold_Wilson.
- Edward_Heath primeMinister John_Major.
- Edward_Heath primeMinister Tony_Blair.
- Edward_Heath religion Church_of_England.
- Edward_Heath spouse Bachelor.
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- Edward_Heath successor Douglas_Jay,_Baron_Jay.
- Edward_Heath successor Harold_Wilson.
- Edward_Heath successor Iain_Macleod.
- Edward_Heath successor John_Hare,_1st_Viscount_Blakenham.
- Edward_Heath successor Margaret_Thatcher.
- Edward_Heath successor Martin_Redmayne,_Baron_Redmayne.
- Edward_Heath successor Selwyn_Lloyd.
- Edward_Heath successor Tam_Dalyell.
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- Edward_Heath battles "World War II".
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- Edward_Heath birthDate "1916-07-09".