Margaret Thatcher

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Conservative Party politician Prime Minister of the United Kingdom barrister chemist human politician

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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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Baroness Thatcher	4
Margaret Hilda Thatcher	2
Thatcher	2
Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven	1
Margaret Thatcher (as associate through allied networks)	1
Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	1
Margaret Thatcher in Handbagged	1
UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher	1

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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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Grantham, Lincolnshire, England → birthplaceOf → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ

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Poll Tax Riots → mainOpposingPolitician → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ

Carol Thatcher → mother → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ

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Conservative Party (UK) → notableLeader → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ

Ronald Reagan Freedom Award → notableRecipient → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ