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She was first elected an MP in 1959. In 1979 she won the election that made her prime minister.
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On the 11th of February 1975.
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Margaret Thatcher still lives in London, where she still serves the Government as a member of the House of Lords. Unfortunately she is officially reported to be in poor health and suffering from age related dementia (she is 84 years old) so she now very rarely makes any public appearances.
She also has property in Lincolnshire where she holds title as the Baroness of Kesteven.
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Her life was remarkable because she was elected first female prime minister of the UK, she was elected Leader of the Conservative Party, and was the Leader of the Opposition.
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becuz she was spiteful like Ida rostant.
Well, the coal mines were losing 1.5 Billion pounds per year (in todays figures calculated to inflation). This was a tremendous debt for the UK, the coal mines were not profitable since the 1960's. Thatcher eliminated the federal debt and reversed the economic socialist-driven downturn in the UK. It's true miners lost their jobs, but the coal mines were not working out. Something had to be done.
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Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of England, she was also a great influence to British politics. "Her impact on Britain was sweeping and lasting, leaving a market economy and a more right-wing Conservative party." (Travel and History)
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No, Margaret Thatcher died on April 8, 2013 at the age of 87.
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she instituted welfare and trade union reforms. reduced the size of the government and privatized state owned companies, while ending subsidies for inefficient industries [coal industry ect]
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Queen Elizabeth's mother died on the 30th March 2002. She was 101 years old.
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Worked as a research chemist for two industrial firms near London, England, 1947-51; personal assistant to Joint Iron Council director; called to the Bar, London, England, 1954; practiced tax and patent law, 1954-61; elected parliamentary representative in the House of Commons for the district of Finchley, 1959-79 and 1991--; Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, London, joint parliamentary secretary, 1961-64; secretary of state for education and science, 1970-74; appointed privy councilor, 1970, and co-chair, 1970-74, of Women's National Committee; leader of Conservative Party, 1975; opposition leader, 1975-79; prime minister and first lord of the treasury, 1979-90; University of Buckingham, Buckingham, England, chancellor, 1992--.
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Margaret Thatcher had one sibling, a sister named Muriel
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Carol Thatcher and her twin brother Mark are 63 years old (born August 15, 1953)
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Margaret Thatcher never ruled Britain. She was the prime minister, which is the head of government, not the head of state. The Queen is the head of state in Britain, and was so throughout Margaret Thatcher's time as prime minister. That was from the 4th of May 1979 until the 28th of November 1990.
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John Major of the Conservative Party succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Britain's prime minister on November 28, 1990. He served until May 2, 1997, after his defeat by Tony Blair of the Labour Party.
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Margaret Thatcher was a Conservative MP in the United Kingdom between 1959 and 1992. Prime Minister 1979-90. Leader of the opposition 1975-9. Leader of the Conservative party 1975-90. She also served as a minister in Ted Heath's government 1970-4.
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Yes. Margaret Thatcher was challenged by Michael Hesletine for leadership of the Conservative party, there was a leadership election which she narrowly won. She realised that she didn't have the overwhelming support of her MP's and resigned as leader of the Conservative party.
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The Kesteven and Grantham Girls School (KGGS).
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Two, a boy and a girl, Carol and Mark.
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Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, following a poll of her fellow Conservative MP's beating former PM Ted Heath.
She had never been considered for the leadership before this, and had actually declared that she did not think there would be a woman Prime Minister in her lifetime.
It was when Heath refused to step down that the Tories had to organise a 2-stage ballot, where the front-runners were asked to stand aside first time round, so that the anti-Heath votes could be concentrated on one candidate, who was clearly meant to be a stalking-horse. They chose Thatcher for this, as she was the only candidate of Ministerial rank who had no chance of actually getting elected - being a woman.
But to everyone's surprise, many backbenchers decided to vote for her in the second ballot, and she became the first-ever woman party leader - to the fury of Labour, who felt that this honour would fall to one of theirs.
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She is Methodist, for her father was a Methodist lay preacher when she was growing up.
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Yes. She was the first female British Prime Minister and led our country safely through the Falklands War.
Are you for real?! Yeah she was great at causing misery and hardship on good hard working people. Yeah she was great at destroying whole communities, she was great at creating mass unemployment. The falklands war was pointless, sending our soldiers to fight for a tiny island just off the coast of Argentina that no one had heard of and before you say about the strategic importance, it's like say if the Argentinians owned the Isle of White, just of our coast and we wanted it back.
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margaret thatcher has not died, but is frail at the age of 86.
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She did not lead any country. She was the Prime Minister of England (or, more precisely, the United Kingdom) from 1979 to 1990. She was the head of government, not the head of the country. Queen Elizabeth II was the head of state during all of that time.
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Margaret Thatcher married to Denis Thatcher in 13 December 1951