Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baronne Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, DStJ, HonFRSC (née Roberts ; 13 octobre 1925 - 8 avril 2013) était un stateswoman britannique qui a servi comme Premier Ministre du Royaume-Uni de 1979 à 1990 et chef du parti conservateur de 1975 à 1990. Elle était le plus ancien premier ministre britannique du 20e siècle et de la première femme à occuper ce poste. Un journaliste soviétique surnommé la dame de fer, un surnom qui est devenu associé avec sa politique intransigeante et style de leadership. En tant que premier ministre, elle a mis en œuvre des politiques connus sous le thatchérisme.
4633 x 3022 px | 39,2 x 25,6 cm | 15,4 x 10,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
1976
Lieu:
The White House, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the Iron Lady, a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies known as Thatcherism. A research chemist at Somerville College, Oxford, before becoming a barrister, Thatcher was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his Conservative government. In 1975, Thatcher defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition, the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom. She became Prime Minister after winning the 1979 general election. Thatcher introduced a series of economic policies intended to reverse high unemployment and Britain's struggles in the wake of the Winter of Discontent and an ongoing recession.[nb 1] Her political philosophy and economic policies emphasised deregulation (particularly of the financial sector), flexible labour markets, the privatisation of state-owned companies, and reducing the power and influence of trade unions. Thatcher's popularity in her first years in office waned amid recession and increasing unemployment, until victory in the 1982 Falklands War and the recovering economy brought a resurgence of support, resulting in her decisive re-election in 1983. She survived an assassination attempt in the Brighton hotel bombing in 1984. Thatcher was re-elected for a third term in 1987, but her subsequent support for the Community Charge ("poll tax") .
