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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher 玛格丽特·希尔达·撒切尔，撒切尔女男爵 1979-1990 Conservative Thatcher with US First Lady Nancy Reagan at 10 Downing Street, 1986 The Thatchers with the Reagans 16 November 1988 Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first female Prime Minister. A graduate of 7 Somerville College, Oxford, with a master of arts degree from the University of Oxford, she worked as a research chemist and a barrister, concentrating on tax law, before being elected to the House of Commons in 1953. She held several ministerial appointments including education minister (1970-74). Elected leader of her Party in 1975, she became Prime Minister in 1979. Known as a strong leader and an “astute Parliamentary tactician”, she knew how to handle disagreement, no matter from which bench it issued. In 1982, she ordered British troops to the Falkland Islands to retake them from Argentina. She took a strong stand against the trade unions during the miner’s strike (1984-85), and moved Britain toward privatization, selling minor interests in public utilities to the business interests. In 1989, she introduced a community poll tax(人头税). In 1990, her cabinet was divided over issues including the European Community which forced her registration. In 1992, she entered the House of Lords, created Baroness (女性男爵) Thatcher of Kesteven. Her memoirs were being published by Harper Collins. The first volume, “The Downing Street Years” was published in 1993. * Sir John Major, (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. During his term as Prime Minister, the world went through a period of political and military transition after the end of the Cold War. * Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a former British Labor politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for from 1983 to 200