Margaret Thatchers Cabinet Members
The conservatives came to power under margaret thatcher with 339 seats labour with 269 and other parties totalling 27.
Margaret thatchers cabinet members. Urbane one nation tory. 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. Margaret thatcher prime minister.
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. He died in 2008. Later chairman of the disasters emergency committee.
4 may 1979 minister of state civil service department. Painful economic reforms a deep recession the falklands war and bitter disputes with trade unions dominated the first term of the thatcher government. 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.
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. The only british prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and. Left to right seated.
The lord hailsham of st marylebone lord chancellor. Leon brittan chief secretary to the treasury. Humphrey atkins lord privy seal.
7 may 1979 5 january 1981 barney hayhoe. Sir ian gilmour lord privy seal 1979 81. 5 may 1979 lord president of the council.
A senior civil servant hunt stepped down as cabinet secretary the year thatcher became pm and was made a life peer in 1980. Also leader of the house of lords. William whitelaw home secretary.
In this season of the crown alone prince andrew margaret thatchers son mark and thatchers own cabinet members get unsubtle villain edits with no moment of grace to redeem them. Francis pym lord president of the council. Sir geoffrey howe chancellor of the exchequer.