MARGARET ROBERTS THATCHER - UNITED KINGDOM

Approved for Release: 2014/10/24 001312522 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 in Britain or for that matter anywhere in Europe. She achieved the top post in the elections of 3 May 1979, when her party gained a comfortable 43- seat majority in Parliament. A self-proclaimed crusader for the economic revival of Great Britain, Thatch...