Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the only woman to hold either post. Born in Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, she went on to read chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford and train as a barrister. She won a seat as an MP from Finchley in 1959, as a Conservative. When Edward Heath formed a government in 1970, he appointed Thatcher as Secretary of State for Education and Science. Four years later, she backed Keith Joseph in his bid to become Conservative party leader, but he was forced to drop out of the election; Thatcher felt that Heath's government had lost direction, so she entered the contest herself and became leader of the Conservative party in 1975. As the Conservative party maintained leads in most polls, Thatcher went on to become Britain's Prime Minister in the 1979 general election. (via Wikipedia)
Title:
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Education and Science
Preceded By:
John Crowder
Edward Short
James Callaghan
Spouse:
Sir Denis Thatcher, Bt (1951–2003)
Succeeded By:
Hartley Booth
Reginald Prentice
John Major
Political party:
Conservative Party
Name:
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Roberts, Margaret Hilda
Occupation:
Lawyer
Scientist (Chemist)
Nationality:
British
Religion:
Methodist
Start Date:
Jun 20, 1970
Oct 8, 1959
May 4, 1979
Children:
The Hon. Carol Thatcher
Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Bt
Birthplace:
Grantham, England
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Birth Date:
Oct 13, 1925
University Attended:
Somerville College, Oxford
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