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On leaving the Commons, Thatcher became the first former British prime minister to set up a foundation; [293] the British wing of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation was dissolved in 2005 due to financial difficulties. [294] She wrote two volumes of memoirs, The Downing Street Years (1993) and The Path to Power (1995).
Thatcher with Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlüter and French President François Mitterrand with in the European Council Summit in Athens, 4 December 1983. At the Dublin European Council in November 1979, Thatcher argued that the United Kingdom paid far more to the European Economic Community (EEC) than it received in spending. She famously ...
Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 4 May 1979 to 28 November 1990, during which time she led a Conservative majority government. She was the first woman to hold that office. During her premiership, Thatcher moved to liberalise the British economy through deregulation, privatisation, and the promotion of ...
The first prime minister of the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon its creation in 1922 (when 26 Irish counties seceded and created the Irish Free State) was Andrew Bonar Law, [10] although the country was not renamed officially until 1927, when Stanley Baldwin was the serving prime minister.
Her premiership lasted 11 years and six months, making her the UK’s longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century. She was succeeded by John Major. Brian Walden interviews Margaret Thatcher ...
Margaret Thatcher became prime minister, and Callaghan was replaced as Labour leader by Michael Foot in 1980. The results of the election were broadcast live on the BBC, and presented by David Dimbleby and Robin Day, with Robert McKenzie on the "Swingometer", and further analysis provided by David Butler. [2]
Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher formed a government on 4 May 1979, with a mandate to reverse the UK's economic decline and to reduce the role of the state in the economy. . Thatcher was incensed by one contemporary view within the Civil Service that its job was to manage the UK's decline from the days of Empire, and wanted the country to punch above its weight in international
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Margaret Thatcher 4 May 1979 – 28 November 1990 First Lord of the Treasury: Minister for the Civil Service: Minister of State, Civil Service Department: Paul Channon: 7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 Barney Hayhoe: 5 January 1981 – 12 November 1981 Lord Chancellor: The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone: 5 May ...