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Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 4 May 1979 to 28 November 1990, during which time she led a Conservative majority government. She was the first woman to hold that office. During her premiership, Thatcher moved to liberalise the British economy through deregulation, privatisation, and the promotion of entrepreneurialism.
This article details the second Thatcher ministry which she led at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II from 1983 to 1987.Cabinet
June 1983 to June 1987
Margaret Thatcher – Prime Minister
The Viscount Whitelaw – Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
John Biffen – Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Nigel Lawson – Chancellor of the Exchequer
Peter Rees – Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Sir Geoffrey Howe – Foreign Secretary
Leon Brittan – Home Secretary
Michael Jopling – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Michael Heseltine – Secretary of State for Defence
Sir Keith Joseph – Secretary of State for Education
Norman Tebbit – Secretary of State for Employment
Peter Walker – Secretary of State for Energy
Patrick Jenkin – Secretary of State for the Environment
Norman Fowler – Secretary of State for Health
The Lord Cockfield – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Jim Prior – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
George Younger – Secretary of State for Scotland
Cecil Parkinson – Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade
Tom King – Secretary of State for Transport
Nicholas Edwards – Secretary of State for Wales
John Wakeham – Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
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