Churchill Interim Government
The transitional government Churchill ( Churchill caretaker ministry ) was established in the United Kingdom after the end of World War II on May 23, 1945 by Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the Conservative Party formed and dissolved the war Churchill government from.
From the lower house election on July 5, 1945 that went Labor Party of Clement Attlee as the winner, which won 11,557,821 votes (49.7 percent) and won 393 MPs in the House of Commons presented. Churchill's conservative Tories received 8,716,211 votes (36.2 percent) and only had 197 members of the lower house. Thereupon Churchill's interim government was replaced on July 27, 1945 by the Attlee cabinet .
minister
The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:
| Office | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| prime minister | Winston Churchill | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Lord President of the Council | Frederick Marquis, 1st Baron Woolton | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Lord Seal Keeper | Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | John Anderson | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Foreign minister | Anthony Eden | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Interior minister | Donald Somervell | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | Brendan Bracken | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | Robert Hudson | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Aviation Minister | Harold Macmillan | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister for the Colonies | Oliver Stanley | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Defense Minister | Winston Churchill | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister for the Dominions | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister for India and Burma | Leopold Stennett Amery | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister of Labor and National Service | Rab butler | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister of Production | Oliver Lyttelton | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister for Scotland | Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister of Commerce | Oliver Lyttelton | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
| Minister of War | Percy James Grigg | May 23, 1945 | July 27, 1945 |
Background literature
- The big Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, 2008, pp. 1049, 1509, ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2