before maggie became prime minster what poistion did she hold in cabinet?
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Education Secretary.\n\nBreaking the barriers\n\nMargaret Thatcher was the longest serving Prime Minister for more than 150 years and was the first woman ever to take the role.\n\nHer father, a shopkeeper and Mayor of Grantham, was a major formative influence.\n\nThatcher was educated at the local grammar school and at Oxford where she studied chemistry. She also became president of the university Conservative association.\n\nMrs Thatcher later read for the Bar, before being elected in 1959 as the Conservative MP for Finchley.\n\nBritain went to war with Argentina over the Falklands IslandsShe held junior posts before becoming shadow spokesperson for Education, and entered the Cabinet as Education Secretary in 1970.\n\nIn Opposition she stood against Edward Heath for the party leadership in 1975. Her victory was considered a surprise by many. In 1979, the Conservative Party won the General Election and Margaret Thatcher succeeded James Callaghan as PM.\n\nThatcher's first two years in office were not easy. Unemployment was very high, but the economy gradually showed improvement. She brought more of her supporters into the Cabinet, and bolstered her reputation by leading the country to war against Argentina in the Falkland Islands.\n\nLandslide victory\n\nThe Conservatives went on to win the 1983 election by a landslide, aided by a fragmented opposition. Margaret Thatcher's government followed a radical programme of privatisation and deregulation, reform of the Trade Unions, tax cuts and the introduction of market mechanisms into health and education. The aim was to reduce the role of government and increase individual self-reliance.\n\nThatcher and US president Ronald Reagan enjoyed a close relationshipShe also became a familiar figure internationally, striking up a famous friendship with US President Reagan and gaining the praise of Soviet leader Gorbachev.\n\nOne great difficulty during her time in office was the issue of Europe. Her long-serving Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe resigned in November 1990 in protest at Thatcher's attitude to Europe.\n\nFinal downfall\n\nHis resignation speech set in train events which were to lead to Thatcher's downfall later that month.\n\nMichael Heseltine challenged her for the leadership, and while he failed to win, he gained 152 votes - enough to make it evident that a crucial minority favoured a change. Thatcher was eventually persuaded not to go forward to the second ballot, which was won by her Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major.\n\nShe left the House of Commons in 1992, and now sits in the Lords as Baroness Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher's writings include two volumes of memoirs: The Downing Street Years and The Path to Power.\n\nThe Baroness is still seen at Tory party gatherings and has endorsed party leaders such as William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith.
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we dont have a president the position is called PRIME MINISTER at the moment its John Howard
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Prime Minister and a Parliament.
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Possibly, but she was a necessary evil at the time.\n\nThatcher was a catalyst for change and Britain has moved on in leaps and bounds since. BUT, if the British people ever need her like again, then they will have let themselves once more slip into the abyss.
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The Queen has the right to be consulted, informed, and has the right to warn and advise the Prime Minister.\n\nHer authority is subtle, built first upon the fact she has been personally informed by every PM since Churchill's last term.\n\nShe also has vast knowledge of the intricacies off the British governmental system, something the Prince of Wales also has, and Prince William is being trained in. This depth of knowledge has more than once tripped up a PM.
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Sir Humphrey Appleby, GCB (April 5, 1929 – December 26, 2001) is one of the three main characters of the 1980s British sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. \nHe was portrayed by Nigel Hawthorne. \nIn Yes, Minister, he is the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Administrative Affairs (a fictitious department of the British government). \nIn the last episode, Party Games, he becomes Cabinet Secretary, the position he retains during Yes, Prime Minister.
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Go to PBS.com and look up some of their stuff on her.\n\nThey had a great show on her a couple years ago that blew my mind. For example, I never knew how far right she was... omg to the extreme. She also refused to hire any other women on her staff or appoint any other females. She believed they would be too much competition.\n\nCheck it out. It will throw u for a loop.\n\nOh yeah and she also believed in British imperalism and stated she wanted to make Britain great again by reimposing the global imperalism that Britain had once attained.
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The reshuffle was instigated way before Prescott's and Clarke's miseries. It wouldn't have helped just to sack Prescott (which Blair didn't anyway) - Blair NEED to do something on education and the NHS, and he MUST do something on foreign affairs and Europe - hence the major reshuffle!
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chief of state: President Mohammed Hosni MUBARAK (since 14 October 1981) \nhead of government: Prime Minister Ahmed NAZIF (since 9 July 2004) \ncabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president \nelections: president elected by popular vote for six-year term; note - a national referendum in May 2005 approved a constitutional amendment that changed the presidential election to a multicandidate popular vote; previously the president was nominated by the People's Assembly and the nomination was validated by a national, popular referendum; last referendum held 26 September 1999; first election under terms of constitutional amendment held 7 September 2005; next election scheduled for 2011 \nelection results: Hosni MUBARAK reelected president; percent of vote - Hosni MUBARAK 88.6%, Ayman NOUR 7.6%, Noman GOMAA 2.9%
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916-2000) was Prime minister of Sri Lanka three times: from 21 Jul 1960 to 27 Mar 1965, from 29 May 1970 to 23 Jul 1977 and from 14 Nov 1994 to 10 Aug 2000. First woman prime minister in world history and probably the oldest female political leader in active at the time of her death.
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We have a new government and besides of some playing major roles nobody really knows the names of our new  ministers:\nIt's a coalition formed by the two biggest political parties (social democrats and christian democrats) leaving the smaller ones in  an opposing role (communists, the Green Party and conservative liberal)\nOur former president Johannes RAU died after a serious illness.\n so a lot of things  are changing right now - we have to wait for the results...
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Between 1770 and 1830, the Tories were the dominant force in the House of Commons. The Tories were strongly opposed to increasing the number of people who could vote. However, in November, 1830, Earl Grey, a Whig, became Prime Minister. Grey explained to William IV that he wanted to introduce proposals that would get rid of some of the rotten boroughs. Grey also planned to give Britain's fast growing industrial towns such as Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds, representation in the House of Commons. \n\nIn April 1831 Grey asked William IV to dissolve Parliament so that the Whigs could secure a larger majority in the House of Commons. Grey explained this would help his government to carry their proposals for parliamentary reform. William agreed to Grey's request and after making his speech in the House of Lords, walked back through cheering crowds to Buckingham Palace. \n\nAfter Lord Grey's election victory, he tried again to introduce parliamentary reform. On 22nd September 1831, the House of Commons passed the Reform Bill. However, the Tories still dominated the House of Lords, and after a long debate the bill was defeated. When people heard the news, Reform Riots took place in several British towns; the most serious of these being in Bristol in October 1831.\n\nOn 7th May 1832, Grey and Henry Brougham met the king and asked him to create a large number of Wigg peers in order to get the Reform Bill passed in the House of Lords. William was now having doubts about the wisdom of parliamentary reform and refused. \n\nLord Grey's government resigned and William IV now asked the leader of the Tories, the Duke of Wellington, to form a new government. Wellington tried to do this but some Tories, including Sir Robert Peel, were unwilling to join a cabinet that was in opposition to the views of the vast majority of the people in Britain. Peel argued that if the king and Wellington went ahead with their plan there was a strong danger of a civil war in Britain. \n\nWhen the Duke of Wellington failed to recruit other significant figures into his cabinet, William was forced to ask Grey to return to office. In his attempts to frustrate the will of the electorate, William IV lost the popularity he had enjoyed during the first part of his reign. Once again Lord Grey asked the king to create a large number of new Whig peers. William agreed that he would do this and when the Lords heard the news, they agreed to pass the Reform Act. \n\nMany people were disappointed with the 1832 Reform Bill. Voting in the boroughs was restricted to men who occupied homes with an annual value of £10. There were also property qualifications for people living in rural areas. As a result, only one in seven adult males had the vote. Nor were the constituencies of equal size. Whereas 35 constituencies had less than 300 electors, Liverpool had a constituency of over 11,000.
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Prime Minister John Howard. No president but it is pretty much the same.\n\ntosmith
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President Harry Truman often said he relied heavily upon his wife, Bess.\n\nMany times cabinet appointment are political in nature to repay support from someone who helped the President get elected. And, the cabinet position he/she holds may need legal clarification as to particular laws or judicial decisions.\n\nI believed Bobby Kennedy, appointed by his brother, President John Kennedy and confirmed by the Senate, was probably one of the better Attorney Generals we ever had.\n\nAnd, there is also the matter of lobbyists, who often influence the President, the Congress and local politico's.\n\nPresident Ronald Reagan often relied heavily on the advise of former President Richard Nixon in the matter of Far Eastern-China foreign policy.\n\nForeign Ambassadors often rely upon local groups and relay that knowledge to the White House. The point is...the American people expect their President to get the job done and not depend upon guess work or formality in an ever changing world.\n\nPresident Abraham Lincoln's cabinet once asked for a vote on an issue. The Commander-In-Chief said. o.k., let's vote...The cabinet all favored taking a particular course of action. Lincoln was the only one who objected. President Lincoln then slapped his hand on the table and said, ---well, it looks like the nay's have it !\n\nPresident Abraham Lincoln was right. Regardless of how a President gets the information, the sole responsibility of national security/final decision remains with the President of the United States.
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I am not sure of the number, however, there was one President,\nand I don't remember which one, whose entire cabinet quit.\n\nThank you very much, while you're up!!
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You are right. He was not a strong contender for the post of Prime MInister. He was picked by Sonia as the situation was not favourable for her to take the reins of the country. Once she finds the situation conducive for her of her son Rahul, our PM Manmohan will have to go.
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But don't forget that Pinochet was her friend during the Falklands dispute, when she deliberately left British territory undefended, provoking an Argentinian invasion. \n\nSo can't we prosecute her for the negligent manslaughter of 1000 British and Argentinian servicemen as well. They died to save her political career and the British public were too jingoistic to see it.