How tall is Margaret Thatcher?

Margaret Thatcher's listed height was 166 cm (5'5"). She was taller than about 88% of women in the United Kingdom.

Where 166 cm sits among women in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 88% of women in the United Kingdom born in 1925 (average 158.6 cm).

About Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British stateswoman, born Margaret Hilda Roberts on 13 October 1925. She studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, worked briefly as a research chemist and then became a barrister. She was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959.

Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his 1970 to 1974 government. In 1975 she defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election, becoming Leader of the Opposition and the first woman to lead a major British political party. After winning the 1979 general election she became prime minister and introduced economic policies that came to be known as Thatcherism, emphasising individual liberty, the privatisation of state-owned companies and reducing the influence of trade unions.

Thatcher stood at a listed 166 cm (5'5"). She served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and as Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990, and she was the first woman to hold the office of prime minister. A Soviet journalist gave her the nickname Iron Lady. She died on 8 April 2013.

Frequently asked

How tall is Margaret Thatcher in feet and inches? Margaret Thatcher was 5'5" tall, which is 166 cm, 65.4 inches or 1.66 m.

Is Margaret Thatcher tall for women in the United Kingdom? At 166 cm she was taller than about 88% of women in the United Kingdom born in 1925, whose average height is 158.6 cm.

Sources

• Margaret Thatcher on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Margaret Thatcher on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 165 cm.
• Margaret Thatcher on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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