Conservative government of John Major

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British ministry UK government

The Conservative government of John Major was the UK administration from 1990 to 1997 that oversaw economic recovery after the early-1990s recession, internal party divisions over Europe, and the lead-up to the 1997 Labour landslide.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Government of John Major	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British ministry ⓘ UK government ⓘ
cameToPowerFollowing	1990 Conservative Party leadership election NERFINISHED ⓘ
chancellorOfTheExchequer	John Major NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman Lamont NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
defenceSecretary	Malcolm Rifkind NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Portillo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom King NERFINISHED ⓘ
electoralOutcome	1992 Conservative general election victory ⓘ 1997 Labour landslide defeat for Conservatives ⓘ
endTime	1997-05-02 ⓘ
followedBy	First Blair ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ
foreignSecretary	Douglas Hurd NERFINISHED ⓘ Malcolm Rifkind NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernment	John Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
homeSecretary	Kenneth Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenneth Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	conservatism ⓘ
internalConflict	Conservative Party divisions over Europe ⓘ
introducedPolicy	National Lottery (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ Private Finance Initiative NERFINISHED ⓘ council tax ⓘ
legislativeTerm	50th Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
lostPowerIn	1997 United Kingdom general election NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEvent	Black Wednesday NERFINISHED ⓘ Bosnian War involvement ⓘ Gulf War NERFINISHED ⓘ Maastricht Treaty ratification in the United Kingdom ⓘ Northern Ireland peace process NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom withdrawal from the Exchange Rate Mechanism NERFINISHED ⓘ early 1990s recession in the United Kingdom ⓘ
monarch	Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyFocus	European integration negotiations ⓘ economic recovery ⓘ privatisation ⓘ public spending restraint ⓘ
politicalParty	Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
position	centre-right ⓘ
precededBy	Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ
primeMinister	John Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
scandal	cash-for-questions affair ⓘ sleaze controversies ⓘ
signed	Maastricht Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1990-11-28 ⓘ

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

Criminal Appeal Act 1995 → enactedBy → Conservative government of John Major ⓘ

Incapacity Benefit → introducedBy → Conservative government of John Major ⓘ

Francis Maude → servedInGovernmentOf → Conservative government of John Major ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of John Major