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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
On 8 April 2013, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel, London, at the age of 87. On 17 April, she was honoured with a ceremonial funeral .
Margaret Thatcher's term as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 4 May 1979 when she accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, and ended on 28 November 1990 upon her resignation.
Jul 19, 2024 · Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Party politician and prime minister (1979–90), Europe’s first woman prime minister. She accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism to liberalism and became, by personality as much as achievement, the most renowned British leader since Winston Churchill.
Apr 3, 2014 · Who Was Margaret Thatcher? Margaret Thatcher became Britain's Conservative Party leader and in 1979 was elected prime minister, the first woman to hold the position.
Nov 9, 2009 · Margaret Thatcher, known as the Iron Lady, reduced the influence of trade unions and privatized industries as the United Kingdom's first female prime minister.
It is ten years since the death of Margaret Thatcher. Her political career was one of the most remarkable of modern times. Born in October 1925 at Grantham, a small market town in eastern England, she rose to become the first (and for two decades the only) woman to lead a major Western democracy.
Oct 13, 2011 · Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the 'Iron Lady', was the first female British Prime Minister and the longest serving PM for over 150 years.
This is the website of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation, the largest contemporary history site of its kind. We offer free access to thousands of historical documents relating to the Thatcher period.
Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher, who has died following a stroke, was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century. Her legacy had a profound effect upon the policies of her successors ...
