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Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990)

Britain's first female Prime Minister (1979–1990) whose economic policies — privatization, deregulation, and union-busting — defined a generation of conservative governance, earning her the nickname 'The Iron Lady.'

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