Margaret Thatcher
First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1925–2013) who served from 1979 to 1990 and reshaped British politics through privatization, union reform, and ideological commitment to free-market economics. Thatcherism became a global export, influencing centre-right parties worldwide.
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- Conservative PartyParty · Party — British centre-right party (Tories). Oldest political party in the UK, associated with tradition and free markets.
- UK 1979 General ElectionElections · Election — UK general election held May 1979. Margaret Thatcher defeated James Callaghan's Labour after the Winter of Discontent, becoming the first fe…
- UK 1983 General ElectionElections · Election — UK general election held June 1983. Margaret Thatcher won a landslide after the Falklands War, with Labour under Michael Foot suffering its …
- UK 1987 General ElectionElections · Election — UK general election held June 1987. Margaret Thatcher won a third consecutive majority over Neil Kinnock's Labour, cementing the longest con…
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