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Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher

1925 – 2013 · aged 88

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990

Born
13 Oct 1925 · 2, 4 And 6, North Parade
Died
8 Apr 2013 · The Ritz London
Part ofUnited Kingdom43 CE – todayEnglish people1642 – todayAnglicanism1473 – todayMethodism1703 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 101 years
  1. 13 Oct 1925BornBorn in 2, 4 And 6, North Parade
  2. 1946 – 1947RolePresident of the Oxford University Conservative Association
  3. 1959 – 1964RoleMember of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
  4. 1961 – 1964RoleParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions
  5. 1964 – 1966RoleMember of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
  6. 1966 – 1970RoleMember of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  7. 1967 – 1970RoleShadow Secretary of State for Education
  8. 1970 – 1974RoleMember of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  9. 1970 – 2013RoleMember of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
  10. 1970 – 1974RoleSecretary of State for Education
  11. 1974RoleMember of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  12. 1974 – 1975RoleShadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  13. 1974 – 1979RoleMember of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  14. 1975 – 1990RoleLeader of the Conservative Party
  15. 1975 – 1979RoleLeader of the Opposition
  16. 1979 – 1983RoleMember of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  17. 1979 – 1990RoleFirst Lord of the Treasury
  18. 1979 – 1990RoleMinister for the Civil Service
  19. 1979 – 1990RolePrime Minister of the United Kingdom
  20. 1979AwardFellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
  21. 1981RolePresident-in-Office of the European Council
  22. 1982WarFalklands War
  23. 1983 – 1987RoleMember of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  24. 1983AwardFellow of the Royal Society
  25. 1986RolePresident-in-Office of the European Council
  26. 1987 – 1992RoleMember of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  27. 1987AwardFinancial Times Person of the Year
  28. 1990AwardOrder of Merit
  29. 1991AwardPresidential Medal of Freedom
  30. 1992 – 2013RoleMember of the House of Lords
  31. 1993 – 2000RoleChancellor of the College of William & Mary
  32. 1995AwardKnight of the Garter
  33. 1995AwardOrder of the Precious Crown, 1st Class
  34. 1998AwardGrand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir
  35. 1998AwardHonorary citizen of Zagreb
  36. 1998AwardRonald Reagan Freedom Award
  37. 1999AwardOrder of the White Lion
  38. 2002AwardClare Boothe Luce Award
  39. 8 Apr 2013DiedDied in The Ritz London

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1925 – 2013).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and 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 hold the office. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.

Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist before becoming a barrister. She was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his 1970–1974 government. In 1975 she defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition and the first woman to lead a major British political party.

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