[DOC] [TLE] History of the United Kingdom (1945present) - Wikipedia [PAR] Blair led Britain into the controversial Iraq War, which contributed to his eventual 
resignation in 2007, when he was succeeded by his Chancellor Gordon Brown. [DOC] [TLE] United Kingdom general election, 1979 - Wikipedia [PAR] The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 
635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by 
Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of James 
Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 44 seats. ... and within a year the 
government's narrow parliamentary majority had gone. [DOC] [TLE] John Major - Wikipedia [PAR] Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who was the 
Prime Minister .... He was sent to work in Jos, Nigeria by the bank in 1967 and he 
nearly died in a ... He won the seat in the 1979 general election. .... Less than a 
year of his triumphant election victory, public opinion on Major ...... 20 June 2008. [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - British History in depth: Prime Ministers and Politics ... [PAR] Take a political journey through nearly 300 years of high ideals and low ... to be 
one of the best peace time prime ministers of the 20th Century. ... Labour, 1976 - 
1979 ... His party was also sharply divided, with many Labour members of 
parliament ... He called another general election in October 1974, thereby ending 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Conservative General Election Manifesto 1979 | Margaret Thatcher ... [PAR] Apr 11, 1979 ... THIS ELECTION is about the future of Britain - a great country which seems to 
have ... of man, is today more distrusted and feared than ever before. ... (3) To 
uphold Parliament and the rule of law. .... Every trade unionist should be free to 
record his decisions as every voter has done for a hundred years in... [DOC] [TLE] Cameronism - NYTimes.com [PAR] Jul 12, 2009 ... Cameron, the 42-year-old leader of Britain's Conservatives, had been discussing 
his first clear political memory -- the May 1979 trial ... his party hasn't won a 
national election in almost two decades, he at least ... In last month's elections for 
the British members of the European Union's Parliament -- a good... [DOC] [TLE] John Major - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Sep 10, 2014 ... He worked for a while for the bank in Nigeria in 1967 where he was involved in a 
... at the next election, winning the safe seat in the 1979 general election. .... 
Major kept his economic team unchanged for seven months after Black ... the 
party together even if it meant not pursuing the best policy for Britain. [DOC] [TLE] Country Guide: GREAT BRITAIN (washingtonpost.com) [PAR] officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional .... 
Elections must be held at least once in five years, but within that period the ... rule 
through a parliament or assembly at various times since the early 20th cent. .... As 
part of his inheritance he brought to the throne Anjou, Normandy, and Aquitaine. [DOC] [TLE] Speaker Bios  Our Ocean 2016 [PAR] Before that, Minister Adam worked in the Foreign Ministry as Second secretary ... 
Matt has an extensive agricultural background spanning the last 20 years. ... He 
and his wife, Shanda, have three children and make their home in .... Minister of 
State, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom of Great Britain and... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Gabriel Mugabe facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] He fulfilled his goal in 1980, after eleven years in prison and a bloody seven-year 
... he organized a semimilitant youth league like those he had worked with in 
Ghana. .... but there was no progress until 1979, when Britain convened a 
conference at .... he did face some uncertainty before the 2005 parliamentary 
elections. [DOC] [TLE] When the customer is always a mug - New Statesman [PAR] Feb 26, 1999 ... I sent a polite note back to what was then the Midland Bank, pointing out that .... 
The two great liberal reforms of the 1960s

Question: Before his 1979 election to Great Britain's parliament, he worked in banking for almost 20 years
Answer: John Major