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- John_Major abstract "Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He previously held the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary in the Thatcher Government, and was the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon from 1979 to 2001.Although according to Malcolm Rifkind Major proved "a great disappointment to Thatcher", he was her preferred choice as successor as she expected to "continue in control of the country as a backseat driver". Within weeks of becoming Prime Minister, Major presided over British participation in the Gulf War in March 1991, and claimed to have negotiated "Game, Set and Match for Britain" at negotiations over the Maastricht Treaty in December 1991. Despite the British economy being in recession, he went on to lead the Conservatives to a fourth consecutive election victory, winning the most votes in British electoral history – over 14 million – in the 1992 general election albeit with a much reduced majority in the House of Commons. He remains to date the last Conservative Leader to win an outright majority at a general election.Major's Premiership saw the world go through a period of political and military transition after the end of the Cold War. This included the rise of the European Union, an issue which was already a source of friction within the Conservative Party owing to its importance in the decline and fall of Margaret Thatcher. Shortly after re-election, the Major Government became responsible for the United Kingdom's exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) after Black Wednesday on 16 September 1992. This event led to a loss of economic confidence, and he was never again able to achieve a lead in opinion polls.Despite the eventual revival of economic growth, and other successes such as the beginnings of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, by the mid-1990s the Conservatives were embroiled in ongoing "sleaze" scandals involving various MPs including Cabinet Ministers. Criticism of Major's leadership reached such a pitch that he chose to resign as Conservative Leader in June 1995, challenging his critics to either back him or challenge him; he was duly challenged by John Redwood, and was easily re-elected. By this time, the Labour Party was seen as a reformed and credible alternative under the leadership of Tony Blair, and a large number of by-election defeats had severely hampered the Government. Major went on to lose the 1997 general election in one of the largest electoral defeats since the Great Reform Act of 1832.After the defeat, Major resigned as Conservative Leader and was succeeded by William Hague. He went on to retire from active politics, leaving the House of Commons at the 2001 general election. He is now the oldest living former British Prime Minister.".
- John_Major activeYearsEndDate "1987-06-13".
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- John_Major activeYearsEndDate "1989-10-26".
- John_Major activeYearsEndDate "1990-11-28".
- John_Major activeYearsEndDate "1997-05-02".
- John_Major activeYearsEndDate "1997-06-19".
- John_Major activeYearsEndDate "2001-06-07".
- John_Major activeYearsStartDate "1979-05-03".
- John_Major activeYearsStartDate "1986-09-10".
- John_Major activeYearsStartDate "1987-06-13".
- John_Major activeYearsStartDate "1989-07-24".
- John_Major activeYearsStartDate "1989-10-26".
- John_Major activeYearsStartDate "1990-11-28".
- John_Major activeYearsStartDate "1997-05-02".
- John_Major alias "Major, John Roy".
- John_Major birthDate "1943-03-29".
- John_Major birthPlace Carshalton.
- John_Major birthPlace Surrey.
- John_Major birthYear "1943".
- John_Major deputy Michael_Heseltine.
- John_Major monarch Elizabeth_II.
- John_Major office "(Huntingdonshire (1979–1983)".
- John_Major office "Chancellor of the Exchequer".
- John_Major office "Chief Secretary to the Treasury".
- John_Major office "Leader of the Conservative Party".
- John_Major office "Leader of the Opposition".
- John_Major office "Member of Parliament".
- John_Major office "Minister of State for Social Security".
- John_Major office "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom".
- John_Major office "Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs".
- John_Major office "for Huntingdon".
- John_Major party Conservative_Party_(UK).
- John_Major primeMinister Margaret_Thatcher.
- John_Major primeMinister Tony_Blair.
- John_Major profession Bank.
- John_Major relation Terry_Major-Ball.
- John_Major relation Tom_Major-Ball.
- John_Major religion Church_of_England.
- John_Major spouse Norma_Major.
- John_Major successor Douglas_Hurd.
- John_Major successor Jonathan_Djanogly.
- John_Major successor Nicholas_Scott.
- John_Major successor Norman_Lamont.
- John_Major successor Tony_Blair.
- John_Major successor William_Hague.
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- John_Major after Norman_Lamont.
- John_Major after Thomas_Dunne_(Lord_Lieutenant).
- John_Major after Tony_Blair.
- John_Major alternativeNames "Major, John Roy".
- John_Major as "a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter".
- John_Major before Antony_Acland.
- John_Major before Margaret_Thatcher.
- John_Major before Nigel_Lawson.
- John_Major birthDate "1943-03-29".
- John_Major birthPlace "Carshalton, Surrey, England".
- John_Major caption "Major in 1996.".
- John_Major children "Elizabeth".
- John_Major children "James".
- John_Major crest "A Demi-Stag, Gules attired and unguled Or, langued Azure, holding between its forelegs a double-warded Key Or, wards ’M’ upwards and ribboned Gules, Azure and Argent.".
- John_Major dateOfBirth "1943-03-29".
- John_Major deputy Michael_Heseltine.
- John_Major escutcheon "Chequy Vert and Azure, over all a Portcullis Or, in chief three Torteaux Gules.".
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- John_Major honorificPrefix The_Right_Honourable.
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- John_Major monarch Elizabeth_II.
- John_Major name "John Major".
- John_Major name "Major, John, Sir".
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- John_Major nationality "British".
- John_Major notes "Knight since 2005".
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- John_Major office "(Huntingdonshire )".
- John_Major office "for Huntingdon".