Clement Attlee

Clement Attlee, was a British Labour Party politician and the country’s first post-World War II Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. After receiving his primary education from schools in London, he graduated from Oxford University with a BA in Modern History. Initially conservative in his political views, he underwent a change while working as a manager for the Haileybury House. After witnessing the poverty and misery prevailing in the society, he became more inclined towards Socialism. In order to make a difference in the local politics he joined the Independent Labour Party. Attlee was given a commission in the South Lancashire Regiment in 1914 and he served in Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and France during World War I. When the war ended, he held the rank of Major. He was first elected to the Parliament in 1922 as the MP for Limehouse. From there he gradually moved up the political ladder and became the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, eventually becoming the leader of the party itself. The Labour Party under him registered a landslide victory in the general elections after the World War II and he became the Prime Minister.