John Major

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John Major is a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
politician
birthName John Roy Major
constituencyRepresented Huntingdon
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1943-03-29
educatedAt Rutlish School
familyName Major
gender male
givenName John
hasHonor Companion of Honour
Knight of the Garter
honorificPrefix Sir
ideology Conservatism
knownFor Leading the Conservative government during the early 1990s recession
Role in the Northern Ireland peace process
Serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997
languageSpoken English
memberOf Conservative Party (UK)
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
name John Major
nationality British
notableWork "More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years"
Autobiography "John Major: The Autobiography"
occupation author
politician
office Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
parliamentaryParty Conservative Party (UK)
placeOfBirth Carshalton, Surrey, England
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Treasury
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister for the Civil Service
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy Margaret Thatcher
religion Anglicanism
residence United Kingdom
servedInGovernmentOf United Kingdom
spouse Norma Major
succeededBy Tony Blair
termEnd 1997-05-02
termStart 1990-11-28

Referenced by (34)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chris Patten
Kenneth Clarke
Michael Howard
appointedBy
John Major: The Autobiography
More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years
author
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Lord Privy Seal
officeHoldersInclude
Norman Lamont ("John Major (as Chancellor of the Exchequer)")
Tony Blair
precededBy
Michael Howard
William Hague
servedInCabinetOf
Douglas Hurd
Norman Lamont
servedUnder
poll tax (Community Charge) ("John Major government")
abolishedBy
Emmanuel College, Cambridge ("Sir John Major")
alumnus
More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years ("British political figure John Major")
associatedWith
John Major ("John Roy Major")
birthName
Gulf War
coalitionLeader
Margaret Thatcher government ("John Major government")
followedBy
Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)
formerMP
Rutlish School
formerPupil
Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
hasHistoricalHolder
Corpus ("Sir John Major")
hasNotableAlumni
Norma Major
hasRelative
John Major: The Autobiography
mainSubject
John Major
name
Rutlish School
notableAlumnus
The Carlyle Group
notableEmployee
Conservative Party (UK)
notableLeader
Framework Documents (1995) ("John Major government")
proposedBy
Downing Street Declaration
signedBy
Norma Major
spouse
Margaret Thatcher
succeededBy
More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years
workOf

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