Margarete Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher - Тhe "iron lady" of British politics 

Margaret Thatcher-the first woman to serve as Prime Minister - reformed Britain.

• Margaret Thatcher was born on 13 October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire. She graduated in chemistry from the University of Oxford. While still a student, Margaret became chair of the Oxford University Conservative party Association. In 1959, she was elected to the lower house of the British Parliament, and in 1979, she headed the country's conservative government.  In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first and so far only woman to serve as Prime Minister of Great Britain. She served three terms in this position, the longest of any Prime Minister since 1827. She was also the first female Prime Minister of a European state.

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Iron Lady

• This nickname was given to Margaret Thatcher for her conservative policies and tough, inflexible character. The first "iron lady“ in response to sharp criticism of the USSR was called the Soviet military journalist Yuri Gavrilov in his article in the newspaper "Red star" on January 24, 1979. At the same time, she had not yet assumed the post of Prime Minister.

Politics Of Margaret Thatcher  

• As Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher carried out many major reforms in a wide variety of areas. She sought to change what she saw as the cause of Britain's decline.  Margaret Thatcher always sharply criticized the Soviet Union, communism was unacceptable to her. However, she believed that Communist and capitalist countries could co-exist through mutual compromises.  Only Mikhail Gorbachev, she called "a person with whom she could deal." 

Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev

Margaret Thatcher and her achievements: 

• She advocated reducing government intervention in the economy 
• Reducing the influence of trade unions 
• Reduced spending on social service
• It also privatized and sold many state-owned enterprises and raised taxes. 

At the same time, Thatcher's economic policies caused unemployment to rise, although the short and victorious Falklands war contributed to her popularity.

Thatcherism 

• The economic and social policies pursued by Margaret Thatcher became known as Thatcherism. This policy, as well as Thatcher herself, can not be treated with indifference by many. Thatcher's opponents believe that her policies did everything to weaken the UK. For supporters of the "iron lady", on the contrary, she is an iconic figure.

Attempt 

• In 1984, the Irish Republican army attempted to assassinate Margaret Thatcher. They planted a bomb in a hotel in Brighton during the Conservative party conference. Five people were killed, but Thatcher herself was not injured.

Disease 

• In recent years, Margaret Thatcher rarely appeared in public due to health problems. She suffered several heart attacks and suffered from dementia (senile dementia). In 2012, she underwent surgery to remove a bladder tumor.  On 8 April 2013, Margaret Thatcher died at the age of 87.