See soorce fer John Major

{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Richt Honourable]]
|name             = Sir John Major
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KG|CH|size=100%}}
|image            = Prime Minister John Major (cropped).jpg
|caption          = Major in 1995
|office           = [[Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick]]
|monarch          = [[Elizabeth II]]
|deputy           = [[Michael Heseltine]] (1995-97)
|term_start       = 28 November 1990
|term_end         = 2 May 1997
|predecessor      = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
|successor        = [[Tony Blair]]
|office1          = [[Leader o the Opposeetion (Unitit Kinrick)|Leader o the Opposeetion]]
|monarch1         = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister1   = [[Tony Blair]]
|deputy1           = [[Michael Heseltine]]
|term_start1      = 2 Mey 1997
|term_end1        = 19 Juin 1997
|predecessor1     = [[Tony Blair]]
|successor1       = [[William Hague]]
|office2          = [[Shaidae Foreign Secretar]]
|leader2          = ''Himsel''
|term_start2      = 7 Mey 1997
|term_end2        = 11 Juin 1997
|predecessor2     = [[Robin Cook]]
|successor2       = [[Michael Howard]]
|office3          = [[Leader o the Conservative Pairty (UK)|Leader o the Conservative Pairty]]
|term_start3      = 27 November 1990
|term_end3        = 19 Juin 1997
|predecessor3     = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
|successor3       = [[William Hague]]
|office4          = [[Chancellor o the Exchequer]]
|primeminister4   = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
|term_start4      = 26 October 1989
|term_end4        = 28 November 1990
|predecessor4     = [[Nigel Lawson]]
|successor4       = [[Norman Lamont]]
|office5          = [[Secretar o State for Foreign an Commonweel Affairs]]
|primeminister5   = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
|term_start5      = 24 Julie 1989
|term_end5        = 26 October 1989
|predecessor5     = [[Geoffrey Howe]]
|successor5       = [[Douglas Hurd]]
|office6          = [[Chief Secretar tae the Treasury]]
|primeminister6   = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
|term_start6      = 13 Juin 1987
|term_end6        = 24 Julie 1989
|predecessor6     = [[John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor o Pulham Mercat|John MacGregor]]
|successor6       = [[Norman Lamont]]
|office7          = [[Depairtment o Heal an Social Security|Meenister o State for Social Security]]
|primeminister7   = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
|term_start7      = 10 September 1986
|term_end7        = 13 Juin 1987
|predecessor7     = [[Tony Newton]]
|successor7       = [[Nicholas Scott]]
|office8          = [[Member o Pairlament (Unitit Kinrick)|Member o Pairlament]]<br />for [[Huntingdon (UK Pairlament constituency)|Huntingdon]]<br /><small>[[Huntingdonshire (UK Pairlament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] (1979–1983)</small>
|term_start8      = 3 Mey 1979
|term_end8        = 7 Juin 2001
|predecessor8     = [[David Renton, Baron Renton|David Renton]]
|successor8       = [[Jonathan Djanogly]]
|birth_name       = 
|birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1943|3|29|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Carshalton]], Surrey, Ingland
|nationality      = British
|party            = [[Conservative Pairty (UK)|Conservative]]
|spouse           = {{marriage|[[Norma Major|Norma Johnson]]|3 October 1970}}
|children         = James<br>Elizabeth
|relations        = [[Tom Major-Ball]]<br /><small>(faither, deceased)</small><br />[[Terry Major-Ball]]<br /><small>(brither, deceased)</small>
|profession       = 
|religion         = [[Anglicanism]]
|signature        = Signature of John Major.png
}}
'''Sir John Major''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KG|CH}} (born 29 Mairch 1943) is a Breetish [[Conservative Pairty (UK)|Conservative Pairty]] politeecian who served as [[Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick]] an [[Leader o the Conservative Pairty (UK)|Leader o the Conservative Pairty]] frae 1990 tae 1997. He served as [[Secretar o State for Furrin an Commonweel Affairs|Furrin Secretar]] an then [[Chancellor o the Exchequer]] in the [[Premiership o Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher Govrenment]] frae 1989 tae 1990, an wis the [[Member o Pairlament (Unitit Kinrick)|Member o Pairlament]] (MP) for [[Huntingdon (UK Pairlament constituency)|Huntingdon]] frae [[Unitit Kinrick general election, 1979|1979]] till his retirement in [[Unitit Kinrick general election, 2001|2001]]. Syne the [[Daith an funeral o Margaret Thatcher|daith o Margaret Thatcher]] in 2013, he haes been the [[Leevin Prime Meenisters o the Unitit Kinrick|auldest leevin umwhile Prime Meenister]].

Born in [[St Helier, Lunnon|St Helier]], [[Surrey]], Major grew up in [[Brixton]]. He ineetially wirked as an insurance clark, an then at the [[London Electricity Board]], afore acomin an executive at [[Standard Chartered]]. He wis first electit tae the Hoose o Commons at the [[Unitit Kinrick general election, 1979|1979 general election]] as the Member o Pairlament for [[Huntingdon (UK Pairlament constituency)|Huntingdon]]. He served as a Pairlamentar Preevat Secretary, Assistant Whip an as a Meenister for Social Security. In 1987, he wis appyntit [[Chief Secretar tae the Thesaury]], an then as Furrin Secretar twa years later. Juist three month later in October 1989, he wis promotit tae Chancellor o the Exchequer, whaur he presentit the 1990 budget.

Major becam Prime Meenister efter Thatcher's reluctant resignation in [[Conservative Pairty (UK) leadership election, 1990|November 1990]]. He presidit ower Breetish pairteecipation in the [[Gulf War]] in Mairch 1991, an negotiatit the [[Maastricht Treaty]] in December 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1991/dec/11/european-council-maastricht |title=European Council (Maastricht) |work=Hansard |date=11 December 1991 |accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref> He went on tae lead the Conservatives tae a record fowert consecutive electoral veectory, winnin the maist votes in Breetish electoral history wi ower 14,000,000 votes at the [[Unitit Kinrick general election, 1992|1992 general election]], awbeit wi a reduced majority in the Hoose o Commons. Shortly efter this, even tho a staunch supporter o the [[European Excheenge Rate Mechanism|Excheenge Rate Mechanism]] (ERM), his govrenment becam responsible for Breetish exit frae the ERM efter [[Black Wadensday]] on 16 September 1992. This event led tae a loss o confidence in Conservative economic policies an Major wis niver able tae achieve a lead in opeenion polls again.

Despite the eventual revival o economic growthe amangst ether successes sic as the beginnings o the [[Northren Ireland peace process]], bi the mid-1990s, the Conservative Pairty wis embroiled in scandals involvin various MPs (includin cabinet meenisters). Creeticism o Major's leadership reached sic a pitch that he chuise tae resign as pairty leader in Juin 1995, challengin his creetics tae aither back him or challenge him; he wis duly challenged bi [[John Redwood]] but wis easy re-electit. Bi this time, the [[Labour Pairty (UK)|Labour Pairty]] haed abandoned its [[democratic socialism|socialist]] ideology an muived tae the [[poleetical centre|centre]] unner the leadership o [[Tony Blair]] an wan a laorge nummer o bi-elections, eventually deprivin Major's govrenment o a pairlamentar majority in December 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Major minority|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/the-major-minority-1314246.html|website=The Independent|accessdate=23 October 2017|date=13 December 1996}}</ref> Major went on tae lose the [[Unitit Kinrick general election, 1997|1997 general election]] five month later, in ane o the lairgest electoral defeats syne the [[Reform Act 1832|Great Reform Act]] o 1832.

Major wis succeedit bi [[William Hague]] as Leader o the Conservative Pairty in Juin 1997. He went on tae retire frae active politics, leavin the Hoose o Commons at the [[Unitit Kinrick general election, 2001|2001 general election]]. In 1999, a BBC poll o 20t-century UK Prime Meenisters [[Historical rankins o Prime Meenisters o the Unitit Kinrick|ranked him 17t]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Churchill 'greatest PM of 20th Century'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/579061.stm|publisher=BBC|date=26 December 1999|accessdate=27 May 2017}}</ref>

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