Margaret thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

  • Birth

    Birth
    Margaret Hilda Roberts borned in Grantham (UK).
  • Studies in Oxford

    Studies in Oxford
    He came to Oxford in 1943 and graduated four years later, in 1947 , with second class honors degree in Bachelor of Science; in the last year , he specialized in x-ray crystallography under the supervision of Dorothy Hodgkin .
  • Elections 1950

    Elections 1950
    She was the youngest and the only women.
  • Marriage with Denis Thatcher

    Marriage with Denis Thatcher
    Margaret marriaged with Denis Thatcher. He helped her ir her campaign.
  • Seat in Parliament

    Seat in Parliament
    She began to seek a virtually assured seat for the Conservatives and was selected as a candidate for Finchley after narrowly beat Ian Fraser Montagu.
  • Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Pensions and Social Affairs

    Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Pensions and Social Affairs
    Thatcher was promoted as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Pensions and Social Affairs in the administration of Harold Macmillan
  • Education Minister

    Education Minister
    Under the leadership of Edward Heath, the Conservative Party won the general elections of 1970 and Thatcher was appointed Minister of Education and Science.
  • Leader of the opposition

    Leader of the opposition
    Thatcher was one of the main candidates on its promise of a new beginning.
  • Minister of Internal Affairs

    Minister of Internal Affairs
    Thatcher was opposition leader and prime minister at a time when racial tensions in Britain increased.
  • Minister of economy and taxes

    Minister of economy and taxes
    Direct taxes decreased income and increased indirect taxes.
  • Minister of foreign affairs

    Minister of foreign affairs
    Thatcher came to power in the last period of the Cold War.
  • Resignation

    Resignation
    Thatcher said that his intentions were "fight and fight to win " the elections but , after consultation with his cabinet , persuaded her to retire.
  • Death

    Death
    She died when she was 87 years old, in Londres (UK) because of stroke.