Thatcher Ministry

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1 The Ministry
2 Cabinets listed chronologically

[edit] The Ministry


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Margaret Thatcher	1979–1990

Deputy Prime Minister	The Viscount Whitelaw	1979–1988
	Sir Geoffrey Howe	1989–1990
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Geoffrey Howe	1979–1983
	Nigel Lawson	1983–1989
	John Major	1989–1990
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone	1979–1987
	The Lord Havers	1987
	The Lord Mackay of Clashfern	1987–1990
Lord President of the Council	The Lord Soames	1979–1981
	Francis Pym	1981–1982
	John Biffen	1982–1983
	The Viscount Whitelaw	1983–1988
	John Wakeham	1988–1989
	Sir Geoffrey Howe	1989–1990
	John MacGregor	1990
Lord Privy Seal	Sir Ian Gilmour	1979–1981
	Humphrey Atkins	1981–1982
	The Baroness Young	1982–1983
	John Biffen	1983–1987
	John Wakeham	1987–1988
	The Lord Belstead	1988–1990
Foreign Secretary	The Lord Carrington	1979–1982
	Francis Pym	1982–1983
	Sir Geoffrey Howe	1983–1989
	John Major	1989
	Douglas Hurd	1989–1990
Home Secretary	William Whitelaw	1979–1983
	Leon Brittan	1983–1985
	Douglas Hurd	1985–1989
	David Waddington	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Defence	Francis Pym	1979–1981
	John Nott	1981–1983
	Michael Heseltine	1983–1986
	George Younger	1986–1989
	Tom King	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Education and Science	Mark Carlisle	1979–1981
	Sir Keith Joseph, Bt	1981–1986
	Kenneth Baker	1986–1989
	John MacGregor	1989–1990
	Kenneth Clarke	1990
Secretary of State for Employment	James Prior	1979–1981
	Norman Tebbit	1981–1983
	Tom King	1983–1985
	The Lord Young of Graffham	1985–1987
	Norman Fowler	1987–1990
	Michael Howard	1990
Secretary of State for Energy	David Howell	1979–1981
	Nigel Lawson	1981–1983
	Peter Walker	1983–1987
	Cecil Parkinson	1987–1989
	John Wakeham	1989–1990
Secretary of State for the Environment	Michael Heseltine	1979–1983
	Tom King	1983
	Patrick Jenkin	1983–1985
	Kenneth Baker	1985–1986
	Nicholas Ridley	1986–1989
	Chris Patten	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Social Services	Patrick Jenkin	1979–1981
	Norman Fowler	1981–1987
	John Moore	1987–1988
Secretary of State for Social Security	John Moore	1988–1989
	Tony Newton	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Health	Kenneth Clarke	1988–1990
	William Waldegrave	1990
Secretary of State for Trade	John Nott	1979–1981
	John Biffen	1981–1982
	Lord Cockfield	1982–1983
Secretary of State for Industry	Sir Keith Joseph, Bt	1979–1981
	Patrick Jenkin	1981–1983
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	Cecil Parkinson	1983
	Norman Tebbit	1983–1985
	Leon Brittan	1985–1986
	Paul Channon	1986–1987
	The Lord Young of Graffham	1987–1989
	Nicholas Ridley	1989–1990
	Peter Lilley	1990
Secretary of State for Transport	Norman Fowler	1981
	David Howell	1981–1983
	Tom King	1983
	Nicholas Ridley	1983–1986
	John Moore	1986–1987
	Paul Channon	1987–1989
	Cecil Parkinson	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Scotland	George Younger	1979–1986
	Malcolm Rifkind	1986–1990
Secretary of State for Wales	Nicholas Edwards	1979–1987
	Peter Walker	1987–1990
	David Hunt	1990
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Humphrey Atkins	1979–1981
	James Prior	1981–1984
	Douglas Hurd	1984–1985
	Tom King	1985–1989
	Peter Brooke	1989–1990
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Norman St John-Stevas	1979–1981
	Francis Pym	1981
	The Baroness Young	1981–1982
	Cecil Parkinson	1982–1983
	Lord Cockfield	1983–1984
	The Earl of Gowrie	1984–1985
	Norman Tebbit	1985–1987
	Kenneth Clarke	1987–1988
	Tony Newton	1988–1989
	Kenneth Baker	1989–1990
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	John Biffen	1979–1981
	Leon Brittan	1981–1983
	Peter Rees	1983–1985
	John MacGregor	1985–1987
	John Major	1987–1989
	Norman Lamont	1989–1990
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Peter Walker	1979–1983
	Michael Jopling	1983–1987
	John MacGregor	1987–1989
	John Gummer	1989–1990
Paymaster-General	Angus Maude	1979–1981
	Francis Pym	1981
	Cecil Parkinson	1981–1983
	Kenneth Clarke	1985–1987
Minister without Portfolio	The Lord Young of Graffham	1984–1985
Minister for the Arts	Norman St John-Stevas	1979–1981
	The Earl of Gowrie	1984–1985

[edit] Cabinets listed chronologically

These are the cabinets under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (from May 1979 to November 1990).

[edit] Cabinet May 1979–September 1981

[edit] Changes

January 1981: Francis Pym succeeds Norman St John-Stevas as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Pym succeeds Angus Maude as Paymaster-General. John Nott succeeds Pym as Secretary of State for Defence. John Biffen succeeds Nott as Secretary of State for Trade and President of the Board of Trade. Leon Brittan succeeds John Biffen as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. St John-Stevas resigns as Minister for the Arts. His successor is not in the cabinet. The post of Secretary of State for Transport is brought into the cabinet and Norman Fowler is given the post.

[edit] Cabinet September 1981–June 1983

September 1981: A substantial reshuffle took place:

[edit] Changes

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

[edit] Cabinet June 1983–June 1987

[edit] Changes

October 1983: Tom King succeeds Norman Tebbit as Secretary of State for Employment. Norman Tebbit succeeds Cecil Parkinson as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Nicholas Ridley succeeds Tom King as Secretary of State for Transport.
September 1984: Lord Gowrie succeeds Lord Cockfield as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Douglas Hurd succeeds James 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 succeeds Tom King as Secretary of State for Employment. Kenneth Baker succeeds Patrick Jenkin as Secretary of State for the Environment. Norman Tebbit succeeds Lord Gowrie as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Tom King succeeds Douglas Hurd as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Kenneth Clarke enters the cabinet as Paymaster-General. Leon Brittan succeeds Norman Tebbit as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. John MacGregor succeeds Peter Rees as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Douglas Hurd succeeds Leon Brittan as Home Secretary.
Early January 1986: Malcolm Rifkind succeeds George Younger as Secretary of State for Scotland. Younger succeeds Michael Heseltine as Secretary of State for Defence.
Late January 1986: Paul Channon succeeds Leon Brittan as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
May 1986: Nicholas Ridley succeeds Kenneth Baker as Secretary of State for the Environment. John Moore succeeds Nicholas Ridley as Secretary of State for Transport. Kenneth Baker succeeds Keith Joseph as Secretary of State for Education and Science.

[edit] Cabinet June 1987–July 1989

[edit] Changes

October 1987: Lord Mackay of Clashfern succeeds Lord Havers as Lord Chancellor.
January 1988: Lord Whitelaw retires and is succeeded by John Wakeham as Lord President; no new Deputy Prime Minister is appointed until July 1989. Lord Belstead succeeds Wakeham as Lord Privy Seal.
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.

[edit] Cabinet July 1989–November 1990

July 1989: Reshuffle:

[edit] Changes

October 1989: John Major succeeds Nigel Lawson as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Douglas Hurd succeeds John Major as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. David Waddington succeeds Douglas Hurd as Secretary of State for the Home Department.
January 1990: Norman Fowler resigns as Secretary of State for Employment and is succeeded by Michael Howard.
May 1990: Peter Walker finally resigns as Secretary of State for Wales having announced his intentions in March. David Hunt succeeds him.
July 1990: Nicholas Ridley resigns as Secretary of State for Trade & Industry. Peter Lilley succeeds him.
November 1990: At the start of the month Geoffrey Howe resigns and the title of Deputy Prime Minister was 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.