The Ministry

OFFICE	NAME	TERM
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	Margaret Thatcher	1979–1990
Deputy Prime Minister	The Viscount Whitelaw	1979–1988
	Sir Geoffrey Howe	1989–1990
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Geoffrey Howe	1979–1983
	Nigel Lawson	1983–1989
	John Major	1989–1990
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone	1979–1987
	The Lord Havers	1987
	The Lord Mackay of Clashfern	1987–1990
Lord President of the Council	The Lord Soames	1979–1981
	Francis Pym	1981–1982
	John Biffen	1982–1983
	The Viscount Whitelaw	1983–1988
	John Wakeham	1988–1989
	Sir Geoffrey Howe	1989–1990
	John MacGregor	1990
Lord Privy Seal	Sir Ian Gilmour	1979–1981
	Humphrey Atkins	1981–1982
	The Baroness Young	1982–1983
	John Biffen	1983–1987
	John Wakeham	1987–1988
	The Lord Belstead	1988–1990
Foreign Secretary	The Lord Carrington	1979–1982
	Francis Pym	1982–1983
	Sir Geoffrey Howe	1983–1989
	John Major	1989
	Douglas Hurd	1989–1990
Home Secretary	William Whitelaw	1979–1983
	Leon Brittan	1983–1985
	Douglas Hurd	1985–1989
	David Waddington	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Defence	Francis Pym	1979–1981
	John Nott	1981–1983
	Michael Heseltine	1983–1986
	George Younger	1986–1989
	Tom King	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Education and Science	Mark Carlisle	1979–1981
	Sir Keith Joseph, Bt	1981–1986
	Kenneth Baker	1986–1989
	John MacGregor	1989–1990
	Kenneth Clarke	1990
Secretary of State for Employment	James Prior	1979–1981
	Norman Tebbit	1981–1983
	Tom King	1983–1985
	The Lord Young of Graffham	1985–1987
	Norman Fowler	1987–1990
	Michael Howard	1990
Secretary of State for Energy	David Howell	1979–1981
	Nigel Lawson	1981–1983
	Peter Walker	1983–1987
	Cecil Parkinson	1987–1989
	John Wakeham	1989–1990
Secretary of State for the Environment	Michael Heseltine	1979–1983
	Tom King	1983
	Patrick Jenkin	1983–1985
	Kenneth Baker	1985–1986
	Nicholas Ridley	1986–1989
	Chris Patten	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Social Services	Patrick Jenkin	1979–1981
	Norman Fowler	1981–1987
	John Moore	1987–1988
Secretary of State for Social Security	John Moore	1988–1989
	Tony Newton	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Health	Kenneth Clarke	1988–1990
	William Waldegrave	1990
Secretary of State for Trade	John Nott	1979–1981
	John Biffen	1981–1982
	Lord Cockfield	1982–1983
Secretary of State for Industry	Sir Keith Joseph, Bt	1979–1981
	Patrick Jenkin	1981–1983
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	Cecil Parkinson	1983
	Norman Tebbit	1983–1985
	Leon Brittan	1985–1986
	Paul Channon	1986–1987
	The Lord Young of Graffham	1987–1989
	Nicholas Ridley	1989–1990
	Peter Lilley	1990
Secretary of State for Transport	Norman Fowler	1981
	David Howell	1981–1983
	Tom King	1983
	Nicholas Ridley	1983–1986
	John Moore	1986–1987
	Paul Channon	1987–1989
	Cecil Parkinson	1989–1990
Secretary of State for Scotland	George Younger	1979–1986
	Malcolm Rifkind	1986–1990
Secretary of State for Wales	Nicholas Edwards	1979–1987
	Peter Walker	1987–1990
	David Hunt	1990
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Humphrey Atkins	1979–1981
	James Prior	1981–1984
	Douglas Hurd	1984–1985
	Tom King	1985–1989
	Peter Brooke	1989–1990
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Norman St John-Stevas	1979–1981
	Francis Pym	1981
	The Baroness Young	1981–1982
	Cecil Parkinson	1982–1983
	Lord Cockfield	1983–1984
	The Earl of Gowrie	1984–1985
	Norman Tebbit	1985–1987
	Kenneth Clarke	1987–1988
	Tony Newton	1988–1989
	Kenneth Baker	1989–1990
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	John Biffen	1979–1981
	Leon Brittan	1981–1983
	Peter Rees	1983–1985
	John MacGregor	1985–1987
	John Major	1987–1989
	Norman Lamont	1989–1990
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Peter Walker	1979–1983
	Michael Jopling	1983–1987
	John MacGregor	1987–1989
	John Gummer	1989–1990
Paymaster-General	Angus Maude	1979–1981
	Francis Pym	1981
	Cecil Parkinson	1981–1983
	Kenneth Clarke	1985–1987
Minister without Portfolio	The Lord Young of Graffham	1984–1985
Minister for the Arts	Norman St John-Stevas	1979–1981
	The Earl of Gowrie	1984–1985