Third Thatcher ministry to make way for a leader more likely to win the next general election. Her successor was the Chancellor of the Exchequer John Major, who was elected on 27 November 1990, and who at 47 became the youngest Conservative Prime Minister of the 20th century. <section begin="June 1987 to July 1989" /> <section begin="July 1989 to November 1990" /> Members of the Cabinet are in bold face. Third Thatcher ministry Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 4 May 1979 to 28 November 1990, during which time she led a Conservative government. She was the first woman
Diana Gould – Margaret Thatcher exchange Gould said at one stage: "That is not good enough, Mrs. Thatcher," to which Thatcher replied: "Would you please let me answer?" Directly after the interview, Thatcher apparently talked about abolishing the BBC. Denis Thatcher was said to have had a row with BBC staff, telling Roger Bolton, the programme's editor, that the BBC was run by "pinkos" and "a nest of long-haired Trots and wooftahs". The couple's daughter, Carol Thatcher, called it "an example of the most crass nastiness and discourtesy shown to a Prime Minister in an election programme". A 1999 British poll about memorable television spots placed