• Source: List of ministers under Margaret Thatcher

This article lists government ministers who served under Margaret Thatcher, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, during which time she led a Conservative majority government and was the first woman to hold the office.




Ministers


Note: Prime Minister's row is highlighted in green. Other Cabinet members' rows are highlighted in yellow.




Cabinets






= May 1979 to September 1981

=

Margaret Thatcher – Prime Minister
William Whitelaw – Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister
The Lord Soames – Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Sir Geoffrey Howe – Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Lord Carrington – Foreign Secretary
Ian Gilmour – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
John Biffen – Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Peter Walker – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Norman St John-Stevas – Leader of the House of Commons and Minister of State for the Arts and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Francis Pym – Secretary of State for Defence
Mark Carlisle – Secretary of State for Education
James Prior – Secretary of State for Employment
David Howell – Secretary of State for Energy
Michael Heseltine – Secretary of State for the Environment
Patrick Jenkin – Secretary of State for Social Services
Keith Joseph – Secretary of State for Industry
Humphrey Atkins – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Angus Maude – Paymaster General
George Younger – Secretary of State for Scotland
John Nott – Secretary of State for Trade and President of the Board of Trade
Nicholas Edwards – Secretary of State for Wales



Changes

January 1981 –
Francis Pym succeeded Norman St John-Stevas as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Leader of the House of Commons. Pym succeeded Angus Maude as Paymaster-General.
John Nott succeeded Francis Pym as Secretary of State for Defence. John Biffen succeeded Nott as Secretary of State for Trade and President of the Board of Trade.
Leon Brittan succeeded John Biffen as Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Norman St John-Stevas resigned as Minister for the Arts. His successor was not in the Cabinet.
the post of Secretary of State for Transport was brought into the Cabinet and Norman Fowler was given the post.




= September 1981 to June 1983

=

In September 1981, a substantial reshuffle took place.

Margaret Thatcher – Prime Minister
William Whitelaw – Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister
Francis Pym – Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council
The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Sir Geoffrey Howe – Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Lord Carrington – Foreign Secretary
Humphrey Atkins – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Leon Brittan – Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Peter Walker – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
John Nott – Secretary of State for Defence
Keith Joseph – Secretary of State for Education
Norman Tebbit – Secretary of State for Employment
Nigel Lawson – Secretary of State for Energy
Michael Heseltine – Secretary of State for the Environment
Norman Fowler – Secretary of State for Social Services
Patrick Jenkin – Secretary of State for Industry
The Baroness Young – Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
James Prior – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Cecil Parkinson – Paymaster General
George Younger – Secretary of State for Scotland
John Biffen – Secretary of State for Trade and President of the Board of Trade
David Howell – Secretary of State for Transport
Nicholas Edwards – Secretary of State for Wales



Changes

April 1982 –
Francis Pym succeeded Lord Carrington as Foreign Secretary. John Biffen succeeded Pym as Lord President of the Council.
Baroness Young succeeded Humphrey Atkins as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. Cecil Parkinson succeeded Young as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Lord Cockfield succeeded John Biffen as Secretary of State for Trade.
January 1983 – Michael Heseltine succeeded John Nott as Secretary of State for Defence. Tom King succeeded Heseltine as Secretary of State for the Environment.




= June 1983 to June 1987

=

Margaret Thatcher – Prime Minister
The Viscount Whitelaw – Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
John Biffen – Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Nigel Lawson – Chancellor of the Exchequer
Peter Rees – Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Sir Geoffrey Howe – Foreign Secretary
Leon Brittan – Home Secretary
Michael Jopling – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Michael Heseltine – Secretary of State for Defence
Sir Keith Joseph – Secretary of State for Education
Norman Tebbit – Secretary of State for Employment
Peter Walker – Secretary of State for Energy
Patrick Jenkin – Secretary of State for the Environment
Norman Fowler – Secretary of State for Health
The Lord Cockfield – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Jim Prior – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
George Younger – Secretary of State for Scotland
Cecil Parkinson – Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade
Tom King – Secretary of State for Transport
Nicholas Edwards – Secretary of State for Wales
John Wakeham – Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury



Changes

October 1983 –
Tom King succeeded Norman Tebbit as Secretary of State for Employment.
Norman Tebbit succeeded Cecil Parkinson as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
Nicholas Ridley succeeded Tom King as Secretary of State for Transport.
September 1984 –
Earl of Gowrie succeeded Lord Cockfield as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Douglas Hurd succeeded Jim Prior as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Lord Young of Graffham enters the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio.
September 1985 –
Lord Young of Graffham succeeded Tom King as Secretary of State for Employment.
Kenneth Baker succeeded Patrick Jenkin as Secretary of State for the Environment.
Norman Tebbit succeeded Earl of Gowrie as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Tom King succeeded Douglas Hurd as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Kenneth Clarke enters the Cabinet as Paymaster-General.
Leon Brittan succeeded Norman Tebbit as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
John MacGregor succeeded Peter Rees as Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Douglas Hurd succeeded Leon Brittan as Home Secretary.
early January 1986 – Malcolm Rifkind succeeded George Younger as Secretary of State for Scotland. Younger succeeded Michael Heseltine as Secretary of State for Defence.
late January 1986 – Paul Channon succeeded Leon Brittan as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
May 1986 –
Nicholas Ridley succeeded Kenneth Baker as Secretary of State for the Environment. John Moore succeeded Ridley as Secretary of State for Transport.
Kenneth Baker succeeded Keith Joseph as Secretary of State for Education and Science.




= June 1987 to July 1989

=

Margaret Thatcher – Prime Minister
The Viscount Whitelaw – Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
The Lord Havers – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
John Wakeham – Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Nigel Lawson – Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Major – Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Geoffrey Howe – Foreign Secretary
Douglas Hurd – Home Secretary
John MacGregor – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
George Younger – Secretary of State for Defence
Kenneth Baker – Secretary of State for Education
Norman Fowler – Secretary of State for Employment
Cecil Parkinson – Secretary of State for Energy
Nicholas Ridley – Secretary of State for the Environment
John Moore – Secretary of State for Health
The Lord Young of Graffham – Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade
Kenneth Clarke – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Tom King – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Malcolm Rifkind – Secretary of State for Scotland
Paul Channon – Secretary of State for Transport
Peter Walker – Secretary of State for Wales
David Waddington – Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Sir Patrick Mayhew – Attorney General for England and Wales



Changes

October 1987 – Lord Mackay of Clashfern succeeds Lord Havers as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
January 1988 – Viscount Whitelaw retires and is succeeded by John Wakeham as Lord President of the Council. Lord Belstead succeeds Wakeham as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. Lord Belstead succeeds Viscount Whitelaw as Leader of the House of Lords.
July 1988 – Department of Health and Social Security broken up into component parts:
John Moore continues on as Secretary of State for Social Security.
Kenneth Clarke becomes Secretary of State for Health. Tony Newton succeeds Clarke as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.




= July 1989 to November 1990

=

Margaret Thatcher – Prime Minister
Sir Geoffrey Howe – Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council
The Lord Mackay of Clashfern – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
The Lord Belstead – Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Nigel Lawson – Chancellor of the Exchequer
Norman Lamont – Chief Secretary to the Treasury
John Major – Foreign Secretary
Douglas Hurd – Home Secretary
John Gummer – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Tom King – Secretary of State for Defence
John MacGregor – Secretary of State for Education
Norman Fowler – Secretary of State for Employment
John Wakeham – Secretary of State for Energy
Chris Patten – Secretary of State for the Environment
Kenneth Clarke – Secretary of State for Health
Kenneth Baker – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Peter Brooke – Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Malcolm Rifkind – Secretary of State for Scotland
Tony Newton – Secretary of State for Social Security
Nicholas Ridley – Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade
Cecil Parkinson – Secretary of State for Transport
Peter Walker – Secretary of State for Wales



Changes

October 1989 –
John Major succeeds Nigel Lawson as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Douglas Hurd succeeds John Major as Foreign Secretary.
David Waddington succeeds Douglas Hurd as Home Secretary.
Tim Renton succeeds David Waddington as Chief Whip.
January 1990 – Norman Fowler resigns as Secretary of State for Employment and is succeeded by Michael Howard.
May 1990 – Peter Walker resigns as Secretary of State for Wales, having announced his intention in March. David Hunt succeeds him.
July 1990 – Nicholas Ridley resigns as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Peter Lilley succeeds him.
November 1990 – At the start of the month, Geoffrey Howe resigns and the title of Deputy Prime Minister is not reallocated. John MacGregor succeeds him as Lord President of the Council and is in turn succeeded by Kenneth Clarke as Secretary of State for Education and Science, who is succeeded by William Waldegrave as Secretary of State for Health.




Notes






References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Barack Obama
• Skotlandia
• List of ministers under Margaret Thatcher
• Thatcher ministry
• Premiership of Margaret Thatcher
• Margaret Thatcher
• In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher
• Mark Thatcher
• Denis Thatcher
• Brighton hotel bombing
• Wets and dries
• Third Thatcher ministry