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Norman Fowler, transport secretary 1979-81, later social services secretary and then employment secretary First minister to resign from the cabinet "to spend more time with my family" in 1990; later returned to spend more time with his colleagues as party chairman. William Whitelaw, home secretary 1979-83; later leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council and deputy prime minister Initially challenged Thatcher for the Conservative party leadership in 1979, but became famous for his loyalty to her, which she rewarded with the words: Every prime minister needs a Willie. Later foreign secretary, leader of the Commons, deputy prime minister So somnolent in appearance and delivery that Denis Healey said being attacked by him was like "being savaged by a dead sheep".
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Maggie's Men: Her First Cabinet in 1979
LEFT TO RIGHT, STANDING:
Michael Jopiing, parliamentary secretary to the Treasury (chief whip), 1979-83, later agriculture secretaryMade a life peer in 1997, and father of BritArt super-dealer Jay Jopling. A grandee: Alan Clark claimed he dismissed Heseltine as a man who "bought all his own furniture".Norman Fowler, transport secretary 1979-81, late...See the full content of this document
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