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|image=John Major.jpg

|image=John Major.jpg

|seq=72

|seq=72

|term_start=November 29 1990

|term_start=November 28, 1990

|term_end=May 2 1997

|term_end=May 2, 1997

|party=Conservative Party

|party=Conservative Party

|previous=Margaret Thatcher

|previous=Margaret Thatcher

|next=Tony Blair

|next=Tony Blair

|birth_date=March 29 1943 (aged 66)

|birth_date=March 29, 1943  

|birth_place=Carshalton

|birth_place=Carshalton

|spouse=Norma Major

|spouse=Norma Major

|religion=[[Anglican]]

|religion=[[Anglican]]

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'''Sir John Major''', KG, CH, PC (March 29 1943) was the [[Prime Minister]] of [[the United Kingdom]] from November 1990 to May 1997, succeeding [[Margaret Thatcher]] and succeeded by [[Tony Blair]].

'''Sir John Major''', KG, CH, PC (March 29 1943) was the [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] from November 1990 to May 1997, succeeding [[Margaret Thatcher]] and succeeded by [[Tony Blair]].

Major was elected leader of the British [[Conservative Party]], and hence Prime Minister, following the resignation of [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He was a relatively unknown figure at the time, but he was seen by many, including Lady Thatcher herself, as being firmly on the right of centre (or, at least, as being more conservative then his relatively [[liberal]] main opponent, [[Michael Heseltine]], the man who had brought Lady Thatcher down). He subsequently disappointed many in his party by his support for the [[Maastricht Treaty]] and the integration of Britain with the [[European Union]] that it brought about. Lady Thatcher criticised Major's European policy both publicly and in private.

Major was elected leader of the British [[Conservative Party]], and hence Prime Minister, following the resignation of [[Margaret Thatcher]]. He was a relatively unknown figure at the time, but he was seen by many, including Lady Thatcher herself, as being firmly on the right of centre (or, at least, as being more conservative then his relatively [[liberal]] main opponent, [[Michael Heseltine]], the man who had brought Lady Thatcher down). He subsequently disappointed many in his party by his support for the [[Maastricht Treaty]] and the integration of Britain with the [[European Union]] that it brought about. Lady Thatcher criticised Major's European policy both publicly and in private.