Margaret thatcher
Known as the ‘Iron Lady’
First women to be elected as a European head of state
Conservative party took office in 1979
Stayed until 1990
Won three consecutive elections
Began the “Thatcher revolution”:
Gov’t stayed out of economics
Individuals were given greater freedoms
Reduced public expenditures
Was very harsh in dealing with Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War (made her extremely popular)
Promoted independence for Mozambique
First women to be elected as a European head of state
Conservative party took office in 1979
Stayed until 1990
Won three consecutive elections
Began the “Thatcher revolution”:
Gov’t stayed out of economics
Individuals were given greater freedoms
Reduced public expenditures
Was very harsh in dealing with Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War (made her extremely popular)
Promoted independence for Mozambique
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office.