Theresa May

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Person.png Theresa May   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Theresa-May.jpg
BornTheresa Mary Brasier
1 January 1956
Eastbourne, England
Alma materSt Hugh's College, Oxford
ReligionAnglicanism
SpousePhilip May
Interest ofJohnny Vedmore
PartyConservative

Employment.png UK Prime Minister

In office
13 July 2016 - Present

Employment.png Leader of the Conservative Party Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
11 July 2016 - Present
Preceded byDavid Cameron

Employment.png Home Secretary Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
12 May 2010 - 13 July 2016
Preceded byAlan Johnson
Succeeded byAmber Rudd

Employment.png Minister for Women and Equalities Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
11 May 2010 - 4 September 2012

Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

In office
19 January 2009 - 11 May 2010
Preceded byChris Grayling
Succeeded byYvette Cooper

Employment.png Shadow Minister for Women and Equality

In office
2 July 2007 - 11 May 2010
Succeeded byYvette Cooper

Employment.png Shadow Minister for Women and Equality

In office
15 June 1999 - 18 September 2001

Employment.png Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
6 December 2005 - 19 January 2009
Preceded byChris Grayling
Succeeded byAlan Duncan

Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for the Family Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
15 June 2004 - 8 December 2005

Employment.png Chairman of the Conservative Party Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
23 July 2002 - 6 November 2003
Preceded byDavid Davis
Succeeded byLiam Fox

Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
6 June 2002 - 23 July 2002

Employment.png Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Employment

In office
15 June 1999 - 18 September 2001
Preceded byDavid Willetts
Succeeded byDamian Green

Employment.png Member of Parliament for Maidenhead

In office
1 May 1997 - Present

Theresa May is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding David Cameron on 13 July 2016 and becoming the UK's second female PM, after Margaret Thatcher.[1] Like Thatcher, Kenneth Clarke described her as a "bloody difficult woman".[2]

During her brief and successful Conservative Party leadership campaign, Theresa May famously declared:

"Brexit means Brexit, and we're going to make a success of it."[3]

Background

On becoming Home Secretary it was widely reported in the media that May had been educated at a comprehensive school.[4][5] In 2007 Peter Hitchens disputed this claim:

Now, here's the interesting thing. Mrs May joined Holton Grammar at the age of 13 (later than the usual 11) from a private school, in 1969. She then had about two years of grammar school education. And she completed her schooling at a new comprehensive, successfully enough to win a place at St Hugh's, then a women-only college at Oxford. But in 'Dod's Parliamentary Companion', the more detailed 'Who's Who' for MPs, she sums up her secondary schooling as 'Educated at Wheatley Park Comprehensive School'. As you see, it's a lot more complicated than that. And I don't think she needed to use the word 'comprehensive' when describing her school.[6]

Career

May was a surprise choice for Home Secretary, .[7]

Legalisation of Mass surveillance

In her role as Britain's longest serving Home Secretary, Theresa May was aggressive in her support for the deep state's mass surveillance. After Edward Snowden's revelations of illegal mass surveillance by the UK intelligence agencies (especially GCHQ), Mrs May did not respond by announcing that the perpetrators would be arrested. Instead, in November 2015, she announced new surveillance legislation that explicitly legalised such surveillance while mandated that ISPs assist such surveillance by requiring them to keep logs, for example, the addresses of all web pages visited by their customers in the last 12 months.[8]

Prime Minister

Speaking outside 10 Downing Street after being appointed by the Queen, she said it would be her mission to "build a better Britain". She promised to give people who were "just managing" and "working around the clock" more control over their lives. Mrs May later began appointing Cabinet members, with Philip Hammond - previously Foreign Secretary - becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer and Boris Johnson becoming the new Foreign Secretary.[9]

Affiliations

 

A Quote by Theresa May

PageQuoteDate
"Non-violent extremism"“non-violent extremism goes unchallenged, the values that bind our society together fragment.”2015

 

Appointments by Theresa May

AppointeeJobAppointedEndDescription
Stephen BarclaySecretary of State for Exiting the European Union16 November 201831 January 2020
Stephen BarclayMinister/State for Health9 January 201816 November 2018
Stephen BarclayEconomic Secretary to the Treasury14 June 20179 January 2018
Stephen BarclayCity Minister14 June 20179 January 2018
Stephen BarclayLord Commissioner of the Treasury17 July 201614 June 2017
Michael FallonUK/Defence Secretary15 July 20141 November 2017
Adrian FulfordInvestigatory Powers Commissioner3 March 2017
Michael GoveUK/Minister/Environment11 June 201724 July 2019
Matt HancockUK/Culture Secretary8 January 20189 July 2018
Matt HancockUK/Minister of State for Digital and Culture15 July 20158 January 2018
Damian HindsUK/Minister/Employment17 July 20168 January 2018
Damian HindsUK/Secretary of State for Education8 January 201824 July 2019
Nick HurdMinister of State for Climate Change and Industry16 July 201612 June 2017
Nick HurdMinister of State for Policing and the Fire Services12 June 201725 July 2019
Nick HurdMinister of State for London14 November 201816 December 2019
Boris JohnsonUK/Foreign Secretary13 July 20169 July 2018
David JonesMinister of State for Exiting the European Union17 July 201612 June 2017
Kwasi KwartengParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union16 November 201824 July 2019
Lizzie LoudonDowning Street Press Secretary20162017
Esther McVeySecretary of State for Work and Pensions8 January 201815 November 2018Resigned over Brexit
Penny MordauntUK/Minister/Development9 November 20171 May 2019
Penny MordauntUK/Defence Secretary1 May 201924 July 2019
Penny MordauntMinister for Women and Equalities30 April 201824 July 2019
Neil O'BrienSpecial AdviserNovember 20122017
Priti PatelUK/Secretary of State for International Development14 July 20168 November 2017
Mark SedwillCabinet Secretary24 October 20189 September 2020
Mark SedwillUK/National Security AdviserApril 2017September 2020
Liz TrussSecretary of State for Justice14 July 201611 June 2017
Liz TrussChief Secretary to the Treasury11 June 201724 July 2019
Liz TrussLord Chancellor14 July 201611 June 2017
Gavin WilliamsonHouse of Commons/Chief Whip14 July 20162 November 2017
Gavin WilliamsonUK/Defence Secretary2 November 20171 May 2019
Jeremy WrightUK/Culture Secretary9 July 201824 July 2019
Nadhim ZahawiParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families9 January 201825 July 2019

 

Related Quotation

PageQuoteDate
Document:Mrs. May & MI5 In Disarray“Under the stiff carapace is a hollowness, a lack of empathy, language or political imagination.”5 June 2017

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Germany
Munich
Bavaria
The 54th Munich Security Conference
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland
2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201823 January 201826 January 2018Switzerland~2200 of the super-rich meet to talk about "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World"

 

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