Margarette Thatcher (TRP)
The Right Honourable Margarette Thatcher | |
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 25 March 1984 – 28 November 1995 | |
| Monarch | Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII |
| Preceded by | Jim Callaghan |
| Succeeded by | John Redwood |
| Leader of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 25 March 1984 – 28 November 1995 | |
| Preceded by | John Richardson |
| Succeeded by | John Redwood |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 25 March 1984 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margarette Gerda Thatcher 6 September 1925 Chestershire, Lucis, United Kingdom |
| Died | 25 May 2014 Fleuret, Tenebrae, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | William Thatcher |
| Children | Albert Thatcher Naoki Thatcher |
| Residence(s) | 10 Leichestershire House |
| Alma mater | University of St. Georgius |
Margarette Gerda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG PC OM FRS FRIC (6 September 1925 - 25 May 2014) was a Lucian stateswoman who became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1984 to 1995.
A dissident during The Autarchy, she became a leading figure in the Conservative Party during the period, opposing the dictatorship of Katakuriko Mado. Under her influence, the Conservatives became a more right-wing party, as she promoted the "dries" in the party's leadership and marginalised the moderate "wets" — many of whom defected to the Liberal Party. After Mado was deposed in 1984, she won the ensuing general election, becoming the first female Prime Minister in the United Kingdom's history. Her first actions were to end a disastrous territorial conflict with Acrea Mado had initiated, negotiating an end to hostilities in the northern islands.
Thatcher introduced a series of political and economic reforms to revive the economy following The Autarchy. They had a pronounced free market orientation, and would come to be known as "Thatcherism". She deregulated the financial sector, privatised state-owned companies, and curbed workers' rights and trade union powers. This action provoked a confrontation with unions in the 1984-1985 miners' strike, which ended with the government defeating the unions. Privatisation and deregulation contributed to a recovery in the UK economy, but the monetarist policies she pursued to reduce inflation had the effect of increasing unemployment — breaking with the political consensus of full employment and Keynesian economics that had been built by governments after the Great War.
In domestic politics, she oversaw the restoration of democracy, but controversially retained several traits associated with The Autarchy. She abolished the metropolitan councils of several cities because they were led by left-wing Labour councils, which led a failed rebellion against government plans to restrict council spending in 1987. She also put pressure on the LBC to gain favourable coverage for the government, to protests from the opposition. Her combination of classical liberalism in economic matters and social conservatism was summed in a speech given in Erebonia in 1988, which came to be known as the Sermon on the Mound.
Thatcher's government was reelected in 1988 and 1992, aided by vote-splitting among the opposition and economic recovery. The extent of the swing from the Conservatives to opposition parties in 1992 underscored how she was increasingly seen by the public as a confrontational and divisive figure. Her attempt to implement the Community Charge in 1994, named the "poll tax" by the opposition, caused massive protests — escalating into the Poll Tax Riots — and an organised campaign of mass non-payment, particularly in Aomori. She was challenged for the party leadership in 1995 by Michael Heseltine; she won the first round but without the margin required to avoid a run-off, and was convinced to quit the contest before the second round. She swung her support to John Redwood, who won the election and succeeded her as Prime Minister. She unexpectedly lost her safe seat in the 1997 election, which led to the coining of the expression "Thatcher moment".
After she left office, she was given a peerage and became a Baroness in the House of Lords. She suffered strokes in 2004 and 2007 but remained relatively active in public life, addressing the Conservative Party conference during the 2001 general election, and attending the Coronation of Noctis Lucis Caelum in 2008 and the investitures of Prime Ministers Cor Leonis (2001) and Ignis Stupeo Scientia (2010). She died in 2014 at the age of 87. Being a controversial figure, she is regarded by many as one of the greatest and most influential Lucian politicians and one of the greatest Lucians ever born; receiving even praise from former Quenminese Prime Minister, Ngô Sáng Hiếu, former Austrakiba Prime Minister Mariya Nanatsuki, Prime Ministers Leonis and Scientia, and others.