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Resignation of John Profumo

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1963Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1963

Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st4 June 1963

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Profumo resigns from the Government

John Profumo4 June 1963

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Names involved

John ProfumoMaurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st

Provenance

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