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Second Labour Government
1931Aug, 24

Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.

The second MacDonald ministry was formed by Ramsay MacDonald on his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V on 5 June 1929. It was only the second occasion on which the Labour Party had formed a government; the First MacDonald Ministry held office in 1924.

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