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She was an MP in the UK Parliment. She became a Secretary of State for Education under Edward Heaths government in the 1970's. She then went on to defeat Edward Heath as the leader for the Conservative Party in the UK in the mid to late 1970's. After becoming leader of her party, she then won the British General Election in 1979 and won that election by a landslide and became the first ever woman Prime Minister until ousted by her own party members some 11 years later. She won 3 British General Elections and was also Britains longest serving Prime Minister.