Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Timeline

Personal:

1950 Runs unsuccessfully for

Parliament

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

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.

13, 1952 June 26, 2003, his death)

1979 Becomes prime minister

after leading her party to victory.

Children: Mark and Carol (twins), August

15, 1953

1983 Wins re-election in a

landslide with 42% of the vote.

College, Chemistry.

1984 Escapes an IRA terrorist

bombing in Brighton at her partys

Education: Somerville College at Oxford

Other Facts:

conference.
1987 The Conservative Party wins

The only female prime minister of

its third general election.

Great Britain.

rioting in the streets.

1990 Is forced to resign as prime

eliminated many government

subsidies to business, a move that

1989 Thatcher introduces the poll

tax. The unpopular tax leads to

In her first term, Thatcher reduced or

Called the Iron Lady, for personal and

lead to a sharp rise in unemployment.

political toughness.

By 1986, unemployment had reached

3 million.

Only British prime minister of the

minister after a leadership struggle

20th century to win three consecutive

within her own party.

Enjoyed a close friendship and

terms. (Former Prime Minister Tony

Blair's first of three terms began in

working relationship with President

1992 Swearing in ceremony at the

House of the Lords, where Thatcher

the 20th, but ended in the 21st.)

formally becomes the Baroness

Thatcher of Kesteven.

During her time as prime minister,

she emphasized the rights of the

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individual versus that of the state,

moral absolutism and nationalism.

Ronald Reagan, with whom she

shared similar conservative views.