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Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Prime Minister Harold 'Supermac' Macmillan distanced the UK from apartheid, sped up the process of decolonisation and was heavily involved in negotiating the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
25 de jun. de 2024 · Harold Macmillan was a British politician who was prime minister from January 1957 to October 1963. The son of an American-born mother and the grandson of a founder of the London publishing house of Macmillan & Co., he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He distinguished himself in combat.
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Há 4 dias · Harold Macmillan © Macmillan was Conservative prime minister of Britain from 1957 to 1963, and presided over a time of prosperity and the easing of Cold War tensions.
Em janeiro de 1957, Macmillan sucedeu sir Anthony Eden (1897-1977) como primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido. Nos primeiros anos de seu mandato, estabeleceu estreitas relações com os presidentes Dwight D. Eisenhower e John F. Kennedy.
The Conservative government of the United Kingdom that began in 1957 and ended in 1964 consisted of three ministries: the first Macmillan ministry, second Macmillan ministry, and then the Douglas-Home ministry. They were respectively led by Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who were appointed by Queen Elizabeth II.
Harold Macmillan was the last Prime Minister to be born in the Victorian era. His public image was that of an unflappable Edwardian gentleman. His premiership saw many political successes, not least restoring relations with the US after the rupture of Suez.
