Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher was the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister, known for her conservative economic policies, strong anti-communist stance, and transformative but divisive leadership during the 1980s.

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instanceOf Conservative Party politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
barrister
chemist
human
politician
awarded Order of Merit
Order of the Garter
birthDate 1925-10-13
birthPlace Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
burialPlace Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
causeOfDeath stroke
child Carol Thatcher
Mark Thatcher
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 2013-04-08
deathPlace London, England
educatedAt Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Somerville College, Oxford
era late 20th-century British politics
familyName Roberts
Margaret Thatcher self-linksurface differs
surface form: Thatcher
fieldOfStudy chemistry
fullName Margaret Thatcher self-linksurface differs
surface form: Margaret Hilda Thatcher
gender female
givenName Margaret
honorificTitle Margaret Thatcher self-linksurface differs
surface form: Baroness Thatcher
ideology anti-communism
conservatism
economic liberalism
influenced Conservative economic policy in the UK
influencedBy Friedrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
knownFor Falklands War
surface form: Falklands War leadership

Thatcherism
privatization of state-owned industries in the UK
trade union reforms in the UK
marriageStart 1951
memberOf House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
middleName Hilda
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
nickname The Iron Lady
nobleTitle Margaret Thatcher self-linksurface differs
surface form: Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
notableEvent Falklands War
surface form: Falklands War (1982)

miners' strike of 1984–1985
signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)
notablePolicy poll tax (Community Charge)
numberOfChildren 2
occupation barrister
chemist
politician
positionHeld Leader of the Conservative Party
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for Education and Science
precededBy James Callaghan
primeMinisterOf United Kingdom
religion Anglican Communion
surface form: Anglicanism

Methodist churches
surface form: Methodism (upbringing)
spouse Denis Thatcher
succeededBy John Major
termEnd 1990-11-28
termStart 1979-05-04

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Margaret Hilda Roberts alsoKnownAs Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Roberts alsoKnownAs Margaret Thatcher
this entity surface form: Baroness Thatcher
The Iron Lady appliedTo Margaret Thatcher
Keith Joseph appointedBy Margaret Thatcher
Kenneth Clarke appointedBy Margaret Thatcher
Thatcherism associatedWith Margaret Thatcher
Operation Corporate authorisedBy Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Roberts birthNameOf Margaret Thatcher
Grantham birthplaceOf Margaret Thatcher
Keith Joseph closeAllyOf Margaret Thatcher
Falklands War commander Margaret Thatcher
Somerville College, Oxford educated Margaret Thatcher
Becky Thatcher familyName Margaret Thatcher
this entity surface form: Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher familyName Margaret Thatcher self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Thatcher
International Democrat Union foundedBy Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher fullName Margaret Thatcher self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Somerville College, Oxford hasAlumnus Margaret Thatcher
Hilda hasNotableBearer Margaret Thatcher
Mont Pelerin Society hasNotableMember Margaret Thatcher
this entity surface form: Margaret Thatcher (as associate through allied networks)
Carol Thatcher hasRelative Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher government headedBy Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Roberts honorificTitle Margaret Thatcher
this entity surface form: Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher honorificTitle Margaret Thatcher self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Baroness Thatcher
Friedrich Hayek influenced Margaret Thatcher
Keith Joseph influenced Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill influenced Margaret Thatcher
Roberts isMaidenSurnameOf Margaret Thatcher
Hilda isMiddleNameOf Margaret Thatcher
Hilda isMiddleNameOf Margaret Thatcher
this entity surface form: Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Community Charge keyProponent Margaret Thatcher
Poll Tax Riots mainOpposingPolitician Margaret Thatcher
Carol Thatcher mother Margaret Thatcher
Mark Thatcher mother Margaret Thatcher
Thatcherism namedAfter Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher nobleTitle Margaret Thatcher self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
University of Oxford notableAlumni Margaret Thatcher
this entity surface form: Baroness Thatcher
Conservative Party (UK) notableLeader Margaret Thatcher