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Birth date: October 13, 1925

Death date: April 8, 2013

Birth name: Margaret Hilda Roberts.

Father: Alfred Roberts

Mother: Beatrice Ethel Roberts

Marriage: Sir Denis Thatcher (December
13, 1952 June 26, 2003, his death)

Children: Mark and Carol (twins), August
15, 1953

Education: Somerville College at Oxford
College, Chemistry.

Margaret Thatcher
Other Facts:

The only female prime minister of
Great Britain.

Called the Iron Lady, for personal and
political toughness.

Only British prime minister of the
20th century to win three consecutive
terms. (Former Prime Minister Tony
Blair's first of three terms began in
the 20th, but ended in the 21st.)

During her time as prime minister,
she emphasized the rights of the
individual versus that of the state,
moral absolutism and nationalism.



In her first term, Thatcher reduced or
eliminated many government
subsidies to business, a move that
lead to a sharp rise in unemployment.
By 1986, unemployment had reached
3 million.

Enjoyed a close friendship and
working relationship with President
Ronald Reagan, with whom she
shared similar conservative views.


Timeline
1950 Runs unsuccessfully for
Parliament
1959 Wins a seat in the House of
Commons by winning the
Conservative seat.
1975 Is elected leader of the
Conservative Party
1976 In a speech, she lashes out
against Communism. This causes
the Soviet press to nickname her
the Iron Lady.
1979 Becomes prime minister
after leading her party to victory.
1983 Wins re-election in a
landslide with 42% of the vote.
1984 Escapes an IRA terrorist
bombing in Brighton at her partys
conference.
1987 The Conservative Party wins
its third general election.
1989 Thatcher introduces the poll
tax. The unpopular tax leads to
rioting in the streets.
1990 Is forced to resign as prime
minister after a leadership struggle
within her own party.
1992 Swearing in ceremony at the
House of the Lords, where Thatcher
formally becomes the Baroness
Thatcher of Kesteven.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom