麦克米伦_百科_知识_

麦克米伦(1894～1986年)

English version：

1894～1986年

Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold

British prime minister (1957-63) After the war he served as minister of housing (1951-54), minister of defense (1954), foreign secretary (1955), and chancellor of the exchequer (1955-57) He worked to improve relations with the U and visited Nikita Khrushchev in 1959 His government began to lose popularity in 1961 because of a wage freeze and other deflationary measures and a Soviet espionage scandal involving John Profumo, secretary of state for war Demands for a new party leader led to his resignation in 1963