She began her first term on 4th May 1979, with a landslide victory over Jim Callaghan's incompetent Labour Government. Her first 3 years as Premier led to her becoming deeply unpopular with the British public due to her sweeping economic cuts and industrial closures, which led to a huge rise in unemployment and an increase in poverty for millions of people- she regained popularity after her quick and decisive handling of The Falklands War between April - June 1982, which resulted in her being re-elected as PM the following year.
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Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher
United kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
In the House of Commons, in Westminster in London.
Margaret Thatcher was the first and only Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, which includes England.
She was the first (and currently only) female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Margaret Thatcher, who died8 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female Prime Minister on 4 May 1979. The Conservative party led by Margaret Thatcher won a parliamentary majority in the 1979 general election, and this was followed in 1983 by a landslide Conservative victory and re-election in 1987. Thatcher retained power for eleven years, resigning in November 1990.
It was probably Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). She was the widow of Solomon Bandaranaike, a former prime minister, who was assassinated in 1959. She was elected in 1960, the first time any country had a woman prime minister.
Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, making her the holder of that office in 1982.