Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher was the most important peacetime prime minister of the UK since the late 19th century, transforming the Conservative party and British politics.
Margaret Hilda Roberts
World Leader
October 13, 1925
Libra
April 08, 2013
87
Grantham, England
Margaret Thatcher, the United Kingdom’s first female Prime Minister, is well-known for her conservative policies and strong leadership style. Serving from 1979 to 1990, she holds the record for the longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century. Her most notable accomplishments include her involvement in the Falklands War, the privatization of various industries, the introduction of the poll tax, and her significant contributions to the end of the Cold War. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As a transformative figure in British politics, Thatcher’s ideas regarding the role of the state continue to impact leaders and nations around the globe. Notably, she is considered the most influential peacetime prime minister of the UK since the late 19th century, having reshaped the Conservative party and British politics with her enduring ideas about the state’s role.