Margaret Thatcher

IMDB profile

Add to favorites

Edit page

Search at Amazon

Stats

Birth Name: Margaret Hilda Thatcher

Born: 13 October 1925 Died: 8 April 2013

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 5"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Denis Thatcher

Lists

70 votes

Notable Celebs for which 2013 was the last (86 items)
list by lili

Published 12 years, 3 months ago

12 comments

65 votes

Famous Libras - Ladies ♎ (206 items)
list by AJJ

Published 11 years, 6 months ago

2 comments

41 votes

YOU'RE NOT DEAD! Celebrity Death Hoaxes (52 items)
list by PowerGirl

Published 12 years, 7 months ago

7 comments

34 votes

2013 Most Shocking Famous People News (32 items)
list by TheKnight12

Published 11 years, 3 months ago

4 comments

33 votes

People in TIME (416 items)
list by SchwarzerAbt

Published 14 years, 4 months ago

1 comment

View all Margaret Thatcher lists

Margaret Thatcher Videos

Margaret Thatcher - Thames Television - 1971 -1979

75 Views

Added 8 years ago

Margaret Thatcher: Biography of the Iron Lady

58 Views

Added 8 years ago

Margaret Thatcher - Thames Television - 1981 1983

57 Views

Added 8 years ago

View all Margaret Thatcher videos

Photos

2 votes

1 vote

View all Margaret Thatcher pictures

Description: Margaret Hilda Thatcher is a British politician, the longest-serving (1979–1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century, and the only woman ever to have held the post. A Soviet journalist nicknamed her the "Iron Lady", which became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented Conservative policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism. Originally a research chemist before becoming a barrister, Thatcher was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in hi Margaret Hilda Thatcher is a British politician, the longest-serving (1979–1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century, and the only woman ever to have held the post. A Soviet journalist nicknamed her the "Iron Lady", which became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented Conservative policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism.

Originally a research chemist before becoming a barrister, Thatcher was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his 1970 government. In 1975 Thatcher defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election and became Leader of the Opposition, as well as the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom. She became Prime Minister after winning the 1979 general election.

After entering 10 Downing Street, Thatcher introduced a series of political and economic initiatives to reverse what she perceived to be Britain's precipitous national decline.[nb 1] Her political philosophy and economic policies emphasised deregulation (particularly of the financial sector), flexible labour markets, the privatisation of state-owned companies, and reducing the power and influence of trade unions. Thatcher's popularity during her first years in office waned amid recession and high unemployment, until economic recovery and the 1982 Falklands War brought a resurgence of support, resulting in her re-election in 1983.

Thatcher was re-elected for a third term in 1987, but her Community Charge (popularly referred to as "poll tax") was widely unpopular and her views on the European Community were not shared by others in her Cabinet. She resigned as Prime Minister and party leader in November 1990, after Michael Heseltine launched a challenge to her leadership. Thatcher holds a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire, which entitles her to sit in the House of Lords. ... (more)