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Denis Healey

Personal data
Date of birth30 August 1917(age 98)
Place of birthMottingham, London, England
Political partyLabour
SpouseEdna Edmunds (1945 - 2010; her death)
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Military service
Service/branchBritish Army
• Royal Engineers
Years of service1940 � 1945
RankMajor
Battles/warsWorld War II
• North African Campaign
• Italian Campaign
• Battle of Anzio
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
In office4 November 1980 - 2 October 1983
LeaderMichael Foot
Succeeded byRoy Hattersley
Preceded byMichael Foot
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office8 December 1980 - 13 July 1987
LeaderMichael Foot
Neil Kinnock
Succeeded byGerald Kaufman
Preceded byPeter Shore
In office20 June 1970 - 19 April 1972
LeaderHarold Wilson
Succeeded byJames Callaghan
Preceded byAlec Douglas-Home
In office11 October 1959 - 2 November 1961
LeaderHugh Gaitskell
Succeeded byHarold Wilson
Preceded byAneurin Bevan
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office5 March 1974 - 4 May 1979
Prime ministerHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Succeeded byGeoffrey Howe
Preceded byAnthony Barber
Secretary of State for Defence
In office16 October 1964 - 19 June 1970
Prime ministerHarold Wilson
Succeeded byPeter Carington
Preceded byPeter Thorneycroft
Member of Parliament
for Leeds East
In office26 May 1955 - 9 April 1992
Succeeded byGeorge Mudie
Preceded byConstituency Created
Member of Parliament
for Leeds South East
In office14 February 1952 - 26 May 1955
Succeeded byAlice Bacon
Preceded byJames Milner

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Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC (born 30 August 1917) is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.


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