Clement Atlee
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Clement Richard Attlee ( 1883-1967) was the United Kingdomâs Prime Minister from 1945-1951. He was the first member of the Labour party to serev a ful term in Parliment as Prime Minister. Atlee started the postwar consensus for a more comprehensive welfare state, government control of major industries and public utillies, and the creation of National Health Service. He over saw decolonization of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.