First Baldwin National Government

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The First Baldwin National Government was a Conservative-dominated coalition administration in the United Kingdom led by Stanley Baldwin in the early 1930s, formed to address the economic and political challenges of the interwar period.

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instanceOf National Government
United Kingdom government
coalition government
cabinetNumber Baldwin’s second premiership cabinet
cameToPowerFollowing 1931 United Kingdom general election
capital London
linked to: London, England
coalitionPartner Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal National Party (UK)
National Labour Organisation
country United Kingdom
dominantParty Conservative Party (UK)
economicPolicy balanced budget priority
tariff reform
endTime 1935
followedBy Second Baldwin National Government
foreignPolicyOrientation appeasement tendencies in early form
support for League of Nations
governmentType majority coalition
hasPolicyFocus economic recovery
fiscal retrenchment
protectionist trade policy
unemployment relief
headOfGovernment Stanley Baldwin
heldDuringConflict Chaco War (as external international context)
linked to: Chaco War
ideology conservatism
economic liberalism
implementedPolicy Imperial Preference system
Ottawa Agreements
languageOfGovernment English
ledBy Stanley Baldwin
legislativeTerm 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom
locatedInTimePeriod interwar period
monarchDuringGovernment George V
notableMember Anthony Eden
Lord Hailsham
Samuel Hoare
linked to: Sir Samuel Hoare
parliamentarySystem Westminster system
partOf series of British National Governments (1931–1940s)
positionHeldBy J. H. Thomas as Secretary of State for the Dominions
Neville Chamberlain as Chancellor of the Exchequer
linked to: Neville Chamberlain

Ramsay MacDonald as Lord President of the Council
linked to: Ramsay MacDonald

Sir John Simon as Foreign Secretary
precededBy Second MacDonald National Government
reasonForFormation economic crisis of the Great Depression
need to maintain National Government coalition after 1931 election
significantEvent Great Depression
startTime 1931

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National Governments of the 1930s in the United Kingdom hasPart First Baldwin National Government
Second MacDonald government followedBy First Baldwin National Government