From 1979-1990.
Margaret Thatcher was prime minister for three terms.
1979-1990 .
Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister of the UK for eleven years, from May 1979 until November 1990.
Three years. He replaced Harold Wilson, who resigned in 1976 through illness (not revealed at the time). And he was voted out in 1979, in favour of the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher.
Margaret Thatcher The Long Walk to Finchley - 2008 TV is rated/received certificates of: Singapore:PG
Well technically the queen / governor general, but the power they hold over our government is really long gone. So in reality, no one controls them. Additional. But if they perform badly they are likely to be chucked out at the next election. Individuals (Prime Ministers) can be removed by their own party, e.g. Margaret Thatcher, or the PM will remove a Cabinet Minister if he's not doing a good job. But they are not removed as Members of Parliament, only as functionaries within the Government.
The British Government has to call a General Election every four or, at the maximum, five years. British Prime Ministers do not have term limits as US Presidents have, they can remain in power for as long as they are supported by public opinion and the confidence that their own party has in their leadership. Margaret Thatcher was in power for so long because she had the majority support of the Conservative Party, and also because the opposition Labour Party was weak and in disarray at the time. She was finally forced to resign in November 1990 because of the overwhelming opposition to the Poll Tax (basically, a tax for a person's very existence!) both from the British public at large and from within her own Party.
Since 2006
Since 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been Prime Minister of Canada since 2006 February 6, more than 5 years.
Charles Tupper was Prime Minister for only 69 days
The current Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been in power since 2002. In Turkey, a Prime Minister can remain Prime Minister as long as his party or coalition maintains over 50% keeps nominating him as the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister serves as long as his party is in power, whether it be as a single party or as part of a coalition. The Prime Minister stops serving when they step down, or he loses the ability to lead the government.
Nothing is named after the prime minister because she wasn't a prime minister long enough.