Interesting facts

Born

29 March 1943, St. Helier, Carshalton, Surrey

Political party -Conservative

Major acts

National Lottery Act 1993

Licensed a body to run a National Lottery

Council Tax 1992 ( Муниципальный налог)

Replaced the highly unpopular Poll Tax

Interesting facts

1994 his government's representatives participated in the negotiation of a cease-fire in Northern Ireland

Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, Major was appointed a special guardian to Princes William and Harry with responsibility for legal and administrative matters.

A cricket enthusiast, in 2005 he was elected to the Committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Is a successful After Dinner Speaker.

As Prime Minister John Major oversaw Britain's longest period of continuous economic growth and the beginning of the Northern Ireland Peace Process.

John Major was raised in Brixton. Unlike many Prime Ministers of the 20th century, after leaving school at sixteen he did not attend university. Instead he came to politics at a young age as an active Young Conservative in Brixton and stood as a candidate for Lambeth Council aged only 21, winning the seat and becoming chairman of the Housing Committee (председателем Жилищного комитета). He stood for Parliament twice in 1974 in St Pancras, losing both times before winning Huntingdonshire in 1979.

Once He became a ministerial assistant (помощник министра) in 1981 and then a Minister himself in 1985. Entering Cabinet in 1987 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (главного секретаря Казначейства) he won the admiration and respect of his colleagues due to his ability to keep expenditure (расходы) down. He was then promoted to Foreign Secretary (был назначен министром иностранных дел) in 1989 and Chancellor of the Exchequer (министр финансов) soon after that.

Following the downfall (После падения) of Margaret Thatcher, Major became Prime Minister and tried to reconcile (примирить) both party and country in the wake of a divisive decade. He took a leading role in the first Gulf War_(войны в Персидском заливе.).

Major won the 1992 General Election. After this election, however, his fortunes (судьба) began to change. Five months into the new parliament, Major was forced to refuse (отказаться)a flagship (флагманской) part of his economic policy, membership of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (Механизме валютных курсов).

The rest of his time as Prime Minister, Major suffered from continued attacks from his own party and Cabinet on Europe that played a role in destabilising the government.

In addition to this (В дополнение к этому), the Major government was the subject of a number of press stories about infidelity and poor moral behavior (неверности и плохого морального поведения) both within the Cabinet and wider party.

After leaving the ERM (Environmental Resources Management), the economy picked up and under Major the beginning of Britain’s longest period of continuous economic growth began. Major also began work engaging (взаимодействия) with the IRA(Irish Republican Army) to work towards a peaceful end to the conflict in Northern Ireland, his work there laying the foundations for the Good Friday Agreement (Соглашение Страстной пятницы) in 1998.

Tony Blair (2 May 1997 - 27 June 2007)

Born

6 May 1953, Edinburgh, Scotland

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