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Margaret thatcher biography english short
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness ThatcherLG OM DStJ PC FRS HonFRSC (13 October 8 April ) was a British stateswoman. She served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from until her resignation in ,[1] longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th century.
She led the Conservative Party from to Thatcher was the first female British prime minister and was often known by the nickname "The Iron Lady", given to her by a journalist from the Soviet Union.[2] Her birth name was Margaret Hilda Roberts.
Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist, before becoming a barrister. She was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in Edward Heath made her a Secretary of State in his government of to In , she beat Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition and the first woman to lead a major British political party