Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (
née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British politician who was the
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the
Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is currently the only woman to have held the office. A
Soviet journalist dubbed her the "
Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that have come to be known as
Thatcherism.