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Michael Howard Michael Howard
Michael Howard 1941-, British politician, leader of the Conservative party (2003-5), b. Llanelli, Wales, as Michael Hecht. The son of immigrants (his father changed the family name after becoming a British subject in 1947), he was educated at Cambridge and became a successful barrister. In 1983 he... Read more
Douglas Hurd Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd 1930-, British politician. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he worked in the diplomatic service (1952-66) and later served as Prime Minister Edward Heath 's political secretary (1970-74). He entered the House of Commons in 1974 and held a succession of junior posts in... Read more
Michael Heseltine Michael Heseltine
Michael Heseltine One time defense secretary and environment secretary, Michael Heseltine (born 1933) was a key figure in British politics from the 1980s into the mid-1990s, first as a member of the Thatcher governments, then as an alternative Conservative voice to that of then Prime Minister... Read more
poll tax poll tax
poll tax a capital tax levied equally on every adult in the community. Although no longer a significant source of revenue for any major country, the poll tax did provide large sums for many governments until well into the 1800s. The tax has long been attacked as being an unfair burden upon those... Read more
prime minister prime minister
prime minister or premier, chief member of the cabinet in a parliamentary system of government. The prime minister is head of the government, in contrast with the head of state, who may be a constitutional monarch, as in Great Britain, or an elected official, as in the case of the president... Read more
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
Heseltine, Michael Ray Dibdin (1933– ) British statesman, deputy prime minister (1995–97). He entered Parliament in 1966. In Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, he was secretary of state for the environment (1979–83) and defence secretary (1983–86), resigning over the... Read more
Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Baroness Thatcher Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Thatcher, Baroness 1925-, British political leader. Great Britain's first woman prime minister, Thatcher served longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th cent. In office she initiated what became known as the "Thatcher Revolution," a series of... Read more
John Bruton John Bruton
John Bruton , 1947-, Irish politician, b. Dublin. A lawyer and farm owner, he is a member of the centrist Fine Gael party. Bruton was first elected to the Irish parliament in 1969 and during the 1970s served as a junior minister. In Fine Gael cabinets during the 1980s, he was minister for... Read more
Albert Reynolds Albert Reynolds
Albert Reynolds 1935-, Irish politician, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1992-95). A successful business executive, Reynolds won (1977) a seat in the Irish parliament as a member of the Fianna Fáil party. He was minister of posts and telegraphs and of transport (1979-81), of... Read more
John Major (politician) John Major (politician)
John Major 1943-, British statesman, b. John Major Ball. Raised in a working-class area of London, he was elected to Lambeth borough council (1968-71) and entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1979. He became Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's chief secretary to the Treasury in 1987, foreign... Read more

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