Margaret Thatcher Cabinet Ministers
On the new season of the crown newly elected prime minister margaret thatcher and queen elizabeth ii seem to get on well enough during their first meeting.
Margaret thatcher cabinet ministers. Minister of state civil service department. She was a radical conservative known for dismantling nationalized industries and social services weakening union powershe was also the first incumbent prime minister in the uk removed on a vote of their own party. Margaret thatcher 4 may 1979 28 november 1990 first lord of the treasury.
Senior cabinet members have taken the unusual step of briefing british newspapers on their fears that prime minister margaret thatcher and queen elizabeth ii are headed for a public rift over. Minister for the civil service. Prime minister of the united kingdom.
Other key figures through some of the thatcher cabinets include michael heseltine who became a key rival willie whitelaw leon brittan norman lamont douglas hurd and john major her eventual successor. Thatcher promptly curtsies. 7 may 1979 5 january 1981 barney hayhoe.
The lord hailsham of st marylebone. 5 january 1981 12 november 1981 lord chancellor. It is sometimes noted that margaret thatcher did not use her role as the first female prime minister in the uk to promote many women.