MARGARET ROBERTS THATCHER

Approved for Release: 2014/10/24 005201822 Margaret Roberts THATCHER Prime Minister (since May 1979) Addressed as: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conserva- tive Party since 1975, is the first woman ever to serve as Prime Minister of Britain or of any European country. She achieved that distinction in, the 1979 elections, which gave her party a comfortable 43-seat ma- UNITED KINGDOM j9rity in Parliament. As Prime Minister, Thatcher, a'self-proclaimed crusader for the economic rev...