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Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Thatcher
LG OM PC FRS FRIC
Photograph
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
4 May 1979 – 28 November 1990
Monarch Elizabeth II
Deputy
Preceded by James Callaghan
Succeeded by John Major
Leader of the Opposition
In office
11 February 1975 – 4 May 1979
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Preceded by Edward Heath
Succeeded by James Callaghan
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office
11 February 1975 – 28 November 1990
Preceded by Edward Heath
Succeeded by John Major
Secretary of State
for Education and Science
In office
20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister Edward Heath
Preceded by Edward Short
Succeeded by Reg Prentice
Member of Parliament
for Finchley
In office
8 October 1959 – 9 April 1992
Preceded by Sir John Crowder
Succeeded by Hartley Booth
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
30 June 1992 – 8 April 2013
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born Margaret Hilda Roberts
(1925-10-13)13 October 1925
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Died 8 April 2013(2013-04-08) (aged 87)
Westminster, London, England
Cause of death Stroke
Resting place Royal Hospital Chelsea
51°29′15″N 0°09′30″W / 51.4874°N 0.1582°W / 51.4874; -0.1582
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Denis Thatcher
(m. 1951; d. 2003)
Children
Parents
Alma mater
Profession
  • Barrister
  • chemist
  • politician
Signature
External audio
Speech to the National Press Club (US)
Thatcher's speech on 19 September 1975 (starts at 7:39, finishes at 28:33)

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, FRIC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, and the first woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her The Iron Lady, a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism.

A research chemist before becoming a barrister, Thatcher was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his 1970 government. In 1975, Thatcher defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition and became the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom. She became Prime Minister after winning the 1979 general election.


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