Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister
Margaret thatcher in full margaret hilda thatcher baroness thatcher of kesteven nee margaret hilda roberts born october 13 1925 grantham lincolnshire englanddied april 8 2013 london british conservative party politician and prime minister 197990 europes first woman prime minister.
Margaret thatcher prime minister. Margaret thatcher became britains conservative party leader and in 1979 was elected prime minister the first woman to hold the position. Joining the lineup for the crown season 4 is margaret thatcher played the inimitable gillian anderson. Season 4 of the crown portrays the rise of margaret thatcher the conservative british prime minister who held the post from 1979 to 1990and was the first woman to be sworn in for the role in.
As you can imagine the famed former british prime minister has a number of intriguing. Margaret thatcher britains first female prime minister is one of the most important british figures of the 20th century and yet these days her distinctive public persona seems just as. Shes margaret thatcher the formidable woman who was not only englands first female prime minister but also its longest serving one in the 20th century occupying 10 downing from 1979 to 1990.
But the crowns fourth season which premieres november 15 on netflix delivers viewers a delicious foil for the monarch. Skipping over james callaghan season 4 goes straight to thatchers election in 1979. The only british prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and at the time of her resignation britains longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827.
During her three terms she cut social welfare programs. 13 october 1925 8 april 2013 was a british stateswoman who served as prime minister of the united kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the conservative party from 1975 to 1990. Her first female prime minister margaret thatcher played by gillian.