Portrait of Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher

UK Prime Minister, 1979 to 1990

Britain’s first woman prime minister privatized state industries, curbed union power and fought the 1982 Falklands War. Her free-market reforms still divide opinion.

Margaret Thatcher sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly strength-first on war and peace and leaning traditional on culture.

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Where Margaret Thatcher sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Margaret Thatcher

Ronald Reagan US President, 1981 to 198986%Keiko Fujimori President of Peru, 2026 to present85%José Antonio Kast President of Chile, 2026 to present83%Silvio Berlusconi Prime Minister of Italy, 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 201183%Janez Janša Prime Minister of Slovenia, 2004 to 2008, 2012 to 2013, 2020 to 2022 and 2026 to present81%Daniel Noboa President of Ecuador, 2023 to present81%

Leaders furthest from Margaret Thatcher

Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement10%Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 198611%José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 201511%

Political views closest to Margaret Thatcher

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.97%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.71%SovereigntismInsists that national institutions, not international bodies, should have the final say.69%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: derivative work by Begoon, Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.