Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/John_Major> ?p ?o }
- John_Major abstract "Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British Conservative Party 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. Major was Margaret Thatcher's preferred choice as her successor.Within weeks of becoming Prime Minister, Major presided over British participation in the Gulf War in March 1991 and negotiated 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 with over 14 million in the 1992 general election albeit with a much reduced majority in the House of Commons.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, and which had contributed to the end of Margaret Thatcher's premiership during the 1990 leadership election. 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 confidence in his government's economic policies and from thereon in he was never quite able to achieve a lead in the opinion polls again.Despite the eventual revival of economic growth amongst 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 but 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. As of October 2015, after Margaret Thatcher's death in April 2013, Major is now the oldest living former British prime minister.".
- 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 "Shadow Foreign Secretary".
- John_Major office "forHuntingdon".
- John_Major party Conservative_Party_(UK).
- John_Major predecessor David_Renton,_Baron_Renton.
- John_Major predecessor Geoffrey_Howe.
- John_Major predecessor John_MacGregor,_Baron_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market.
- John_Major predecessor Margaret_Thatcher.
- John_Major predecessor Nigel_Lawson.
- John_Major predecessor Robin_Cook.
- John_Major predecessor Tony_Blair.
- John_Major predecessor Tony_Newton,_Baron_Newton_of_Braintree.
- 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 Anglicanism.
- John_Major signature "Signature of John Major.png".
- John_Major spouse Norma_Major.
- John_Major successor Douglas_Hurd.
- John_Major successor Jonathan_Djanogly.
- John_Major successor Michael_Howard.
- John_Major successor Nicholas_Scott.
- John_Major successor Norman_Lamont.
- John_Major successor Tony_Blair.
- John_Major successor William_Hague.
- John_Major termPeriod John_Major__1.
- John_Major termPeriod John_Major__2.
- John_Major termPeriod John_Major__3.
- John_Major termPeriod John_Major__4.
- John_Major termPeriod John_Major__5.
- John_Major termPeriod John_Major__6.
- John_Major termPeriod John_Major__7.
- John_Major termPeriod John_Major__8.
- John_Major thumbnail John_Major_1996.jpg?width=300.
- John_Major wikiPageExternalLink Page125.asp.
- John_Major wikiPageExternalLink index.asp?id=11723.
- John_Major wikiPageExternalLink event.asp?PageId=45&EventId=602.
- John_Major wikiPageExternalLink mp.php?mpn=John_Major&mpc=Huntingdon.
- John_Major wikiPageID "15898".
- John_Major wikiPageLength "82446".
- John_Major wikiPageOutDegree "481".
- John_Major wikiPageRevisionID "682821117".
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink 101_Uses_for_a_Dead_Cat.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink 10_Downing_Street.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink 1993_vote_of_confidence_in_the_government_of_John_Major.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink 1997_Prime_Ministers_Resignation_Honours.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink 2003_invasion_of_Iraq.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Adrian_Mole.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Affair.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Alan_Amos.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Alan_Clark.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Alastair_Campbell.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Alastair_Goodlad,_Baron_Goodlad.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Albert_Reynolds.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Anglicanism.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Anne_Curry_(sculptor).
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Anthony_Seldon.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Antony_Acland.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Antony_Marlow.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Average_propensity_to_save.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink BBC_News.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink BBC_One.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink BRB_(Residuary)_Limited.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink BRB_(Residuary)_Ltd..
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Back_to_Basics_(campaign).
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Backbencher.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Bank.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Banking.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Clinton.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Birth_certificate.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Black_Wednesday.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Bosnia.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Boundary_Commissions_(United_Kingdom).
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Bow_Group.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Brian_Downing.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Brian_Mawhinney.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink Brian_Mawhinney,_Baron_Mawhinney.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink British_Gymnastics.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink British_House_of_Commons.
- John_Major wikiPageWikiLink British_Railways_Board.