Margaret Thatcher
Overview
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (née
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 Roberts; born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...

 from 1979 to 1990. During her time as prime minister, Thatcher's strict conservative policies, hard line against trade unions, and tough rhetoric in opposition to the Soviet Union earned her the nickname, the "Iron Lady
Iron Lady
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".

Originally a barrister, Thatcher became Member of Parliament (MP)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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 for Finchley
Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)
Finchley was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election; its best-known MP was Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990...

 in the 1959 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1959
This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...

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Quotations

My job is to stop Britain going red.

Statement (3 November 1977)

I can't bear Britain in decline. I just can't.

Interviewed by Michael Cockerell for BBC TV's Campaign '79 (27 April, 1979).

 
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