Margaret Thatcher ‹ The template Infobox officeholder is being considered for merging. › ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher[nb 2] (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013), was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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.
Margaret Thatcher's 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. She won three successive General Elections and served as British Prime Minister for more than eleven years (1979-90), a record unmatched ...
Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister, served from 1979 until 1990. During her time in office, she reduced the influence of trade unions, privatized ...
This obituary was originally published on . It is being republished for a package for Women’s History Month. Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” of British politics, who set her ...
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Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990.
Thatcher's determination to stand firm in the face of opposition earned her the admiration of supporters and the respect of political adversaries. Legacy and Public Perception Margaret Thatcher's legacy is a subject of ongoing debate, with both admirers and critics assessing her impact on British society and politics.