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Resignation of Leon Brittan

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

2Records
1986Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1986

Leon Brittan25 January 1986

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Resigns over the Westland Affair

Margaret Hilda Thatcher25 January 1986

Government / Conservative Party Government

Leon Brittan resigns

Names involved

Leon BrittanMargaret Hilda Thatcher

Provenance

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