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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 378 

Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher as 

the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 29, 2009 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MACK, Mr. 

INGLIS, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, 

Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. WOLF, Mr. CHAFFETZ, 

Mr. OLSON, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. 

LAMBORN, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mrs. MILLER

of Michigan, and Mr. CALVERT) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the election of Margaret 

Thatcher as the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain. 

Whereas May 4, 2009, marks the 30th anniversary of the 

first woman sworn in as the Prime Minister of Great 

Britain, Margaret Hilda Thatcher; 

Whereas Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of Great 

Britain from 1979 to 1990 and at the time of her resignation, was Britain’s longest continuously serving 

Prime Minster since 1827; 


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Whereas Prime Minister Thatcher was Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990 and the only woman 

to ever hold that post; 

Whereas Margaret Thatcher is the only woman to have ever 

held the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain; 

Whereas Margaret Thatcher is the only British Prime Minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms; 

Whereas Margaret Thatcher gave birth to a new distinctive 

ideology known as ‘‘Thatcherism’’ which emphasized individual responsibility in the British Government’s monetary and social policies; 

Whereas Time Magazine named Margaret Thatcher one of 

the 20 most influential leaders of the 20th century; 

Whereas the strong, cooperative stances held by Prime Minister Thatcher, President Ronald Reagan, and Pope John 

Paul II are widely acknowledged to have been key forces 

in the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union; 

Whereas the special relationship between the United States 

and Great Britain was greatly strengthened under the 

tenure of Prime Minister Thatcher; 

Whereas, on January 19, 1976, Prime Minister Thatcher delivered a bold speech against the communist regime of 

the Soviet Union, which prompted the Soviet Union 

Army’s newspaper, the Red Star, to coin her the ‘‘Iron 

Lady’’; 

Whereas in 1990, Margaret Thatcher was honored by Queen 

Elizabeth II with the Order of Merit, one of the United 

Kingdom’s highest distinctions; and 

Whereas in 1992, the Queen of England bestowed a life peerage upon Margaret Thatcher, conferring upon her the 


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title of Baroness and providing a lifetime seat in the 

House of Lords: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) acknowledges the 30th anniversary of the 

3 election of Margaret Thatcher as the first female 

4 Prime Minister of Great Britain; 

5 (2) pays tribute to the remarkable professional 

6 achievements of Margaret Thatcher; 

7 (3) recognizes Prime Minister Thatcher’s dedi8 cated work in promoting individual rights and free 

9 markets around the world; and 

10 (4) appreciates the strong diplomatic relation11 ship between the United States and Great Britain 

12 fostered by Prime Minister Thatcher. 

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