Draft:List of international prime ministerial trips made by Margaret Thatcher


This is the list of international prime ministerial trips made by Margaret Thatcher, who has served as the 49th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Summary edit

The number of visits per country where Prime Minister Thatcher travelled are:

  • One: Two:

1979 edit

Country City Date Details
  Australia Canberra 30 June-1 July Official visit.[1][2]

1980 edit

1981 edit

Country City Date Details
  Australia Melbourne 30 September – 7 October Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting[3]

1982 edit

Country City Date Details
  China Beijing September State visit.[4][5]

1983 edit

1984 edit

Country City Date Details
  Hungarian People's Republic Budapest February 2-4 State visit.[6][7][8]
  Soviet Union Moscow February 14 State funeral of Yuri Andropov[9]

1985 edit

Country City Date Details
  Soviet Union Moscow March State funeral of Konstantin Chernenko.[10][11]

1986 edit

1987 edit

Country City Date Details
  Soviet Union Moscow March 29-April 2 State visit.[12][13][14][15]
  United States Washington, D.C. July 17 Working visit.[16]
  Jamaica Kingston July 18 State visit.[17]
  Canada Vancouver October 13 Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference,[18]

1988 edit

Country City Date Details
  Kenya Nairobi January 4-7 State visit.[19]
  Nigeria Lagos January 7 State visit.[19]
  Australia Australian Bicentenary
  Polish People's Republic Warsaw November 2-4 State visit.[20][21]

1989 edit

1990 edit

Country City Date Details
  Soviet Union Moscow

Kyiv

Leninakan

June 8-10 State visit.
  Hungarian People's Republic Budapest September 18 State visit.[28]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Visit to Australia by The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher, M.P. Prime Minister of Britain Saturday,... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  2. ^ "PREM19/2: Australia (MT visit to, Jul 1979) | Margaret Thatcher Foundation". www.margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  3. ^ "Margaret Thatcher's legacy found in Australia". BBC News. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  4. ^ Travis, Alan; editor, home affairs (2013-03-22). "Thatcher in row over sea slugs and fish lips on 1982 trip to China, papers show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-06. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Wren 1982a.
  6. ^ "A visit to Budapest, 2-4 February 1984 | Margaret Thatcher Foundation". www.margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  7. ^ Osnos, Peter (1984-02-04). "Thatcher Seeking Thaw With Soviets". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  8. ^ "British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrived in Hungary Thursday... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  9. ^ "Mrs. Thatcher will attend Andropov funeral - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  10. ^ "Margaret Thatcher's Moscow Memoir | Margaret Thatcher Foundation". www.margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  11. ^ Ap (1985-03-13). "LIST OF FOREIGN OFFICIALS WHO WILL ATTEND THE FUNERAL". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  12. ^ Marshall, Tyler (1987-04-02). "Crowds Warm Up on Her Last Day : Thatcher Welcomed on Soviet Georgia Visit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  13. ^ Raines, Howell; Times, Special To the New York (1987-03-30). "THATCHER GREETED BY SOVIET CROWDS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  14. ^ "Film Margaret Thatcher's visit to the USSR.. (1987)". www.net-film.eu. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  15. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-thatcher-soubriquet-idINDEE9370CM20130408/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ President Reagan Meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, White House 7/17/1987, retrieved 2024-01-06
  17. ^ "Thatcher arrives in Jamaica - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  18. ^ "Papers relating to MT's speech at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference, Vancouver Canada, 13 October 1987, 1987-10 | ArchiveSearch". archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  19. ^ a b https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/remembering-thatchers-nigeria-visit-in-1988/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ^ "Prime Minister Thatcher addresses the Polish Government | Making the History of 1989". chnm.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  21. ^ Remembrance, Institute of National. ""Margaret - beware of the red spider!" Margaret Thatcher's visit in Poland". Institute of National Remembrance (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  22. ^ a b c "HC Stmnt: [Prime Minister's Visit to the Soviet Union] | Margaret Thatcher Foundation". www.margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  23. ^ ""Armenpress" referred to the only visit of "Iron Lady" to Armenia. photos tell the history". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  24. ^ "30 years of diplomatic relations between Armenia and UK". uk.mfa.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  25. ^ ""Iron Lady" said that reception in Leninakan was one of the bests in her life | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  26. ^ Archives, L. A. Times (1990-06-11). "WORLD IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Thatcher Gets Big Armenia Welcome". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  27. ^ "Speech in Leninakan | Margaret Thatcher Foundation". www.margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  28. ^ "Speech at Budapest official dinner | Margaret Thatcher Foundation". www.margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 2024-01-06.


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