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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Baroness Thatcher 4
Margaret Hilda Thatcher 2
Thatcher 2

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Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carol Thatcher → notableRelative → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Stella Gonet → notableRole → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Margaret Thatcher in Handbagged
Leopoldo Galtieri → opponent → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Hunger strikes of 1981 → opposedBy → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Poll Tax Riots → opposedPolicyOf → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
subject surface form: John Major: The Autobiography
John Major → precededBy → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
The Iron Lady → refersTo → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Douglas Hurd → servedUnder → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Norman Lamont → servedUnder → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Anglo-Irish Agreement → signedByLeader → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Denis Thatcher → spouse → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
James Callaghan → succeededBy → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
The Iron Lady → usedFor → Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom