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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Jim Callaghan succeededBy Margaret Thatcher
this entity surface form: Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Diane Burgdorf mother Margaret Thatcher
subject surface form: Mark Thatcher
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Ian MacGregor appointedBy Margaret Thatcher
Charles Moore writesAbout Margaret Thatcher
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Lord Mackay of Clashfern appointedBy Margaret Thatcher
Sikorski statue unveiledBy Margaret Thatcher
UK Parliament 1979–1983 primeMinister Margaret Thatcher
UK Parliament 1983–1987 primeMinister Margaret Thatcher
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