Margaret-Thatcher

MARGARETTHATCHERBritain'sfirstfemaleprimeministerIntroductionName:MargaretHildaThatcherBirthdate:October13,1925Birthplace:England,GranthamAlias:IronLadyHusband:DenisThatcherBaron1943-1947OxfordDuringheryearshere,Margaretworkedinacanteenforthewareffort,continuedherinterestinmusicbyjoiningvariouschoirsandjoinedtheOxfordUniversityConservativeAssociationwhereshebecameveryactiveinit'spoliticalactivities.In1951,shemarriedawealthybusinessman,DenisThatcherBaron,withwhomshehadatwins.Onthattime,Thatcherwastheyoungest1951election,theConservativePartycandidate.Inthe1979generalelection,theConservativescametopowerandThatcherbecameprimeminister.MargaretThatcherwasBritain'sfirstfemaleprimeministerandservedthreeconsecutivetermsinoffice.Sheisoneofthedominantpoliticalfiguresof20thcenturyBritain,andThatcherismcontinuestohaveahugeinfluence.Inthe1987generalelection,Thatcherwonanunprecedentedthirdterminoffice.InNovember1990,sheagreedtoresignandwassucceededaspartyleaderandprimeministerbyJohnMajor.In1991,ThatcherwasawardedthePresidentialMedalofFreedom,thehighestcivilianhonorawardedbytheUS.IronLadyThatcherDoctrineThatcher’spoliticalphilosophyandthepolicyknownas“Thatcherdoctrine”,itisincludedintheFinanceontheimplementationofmonetarycreedpolicy,compressionpublicspending,lowertaxes,intheeconomicsystemoflarge-scaleprivatizationpolicy,reducetheeconomyactivitiesofthegovernmentregulation.Insocialpolicyareas,istryingtogetridof“welfarestate”color,cutcontrolandreformthesocialwelfaresystem.Inaddition,earlyinherasprimeministerbefore,becauseofherhighprofileagainstcommunism,andbySovietmediadubbedthe“IronLady”,thenicknamehasevenbecomehermainmark.INFOREIGNAFFAIRSInforeignaffairs,ThatchercultivatedaclosepoliticalandpersonalrelationshipwithUSpresidentRonaldReagan,basedonacommonmistrustofcommunism,combinedwithfree-marketeconomicideology.ChinawasthefirstcommuniststateThatcherhadvisitedandshewasthefirstBritishprimeministertovisitChina.ThatcherandChairmanDengXiaopingsignedtheJointDeclarationontheFutureofHongKongonbehalfoftheirtwogovernmentin19December1984,handingoverHongKong’ssovereigntyin1997.Followingseveralyearsofpoorhealthy,Thatcherdiedonthemorningof8April2013attheRitzHotelinLondonaftersufferingastroke.IfyouwanttoknowmoreaboutThatcher,youcanseethefamousmovieTheIronLadyorreadthebooknamedThePathtoPower.Thankyou!