With Theresa May taking over as the next Prime Minister of Britain, she is set to become the country’s second female leader after Margaret Thatcher.
And talks of similarities between the two have already begun. Much like ‘Iron Lady’ Thatcher, the 59-year-old Home Secretary May has a reputation for being a tough task master.
After her only rival for the Conservative Party leader, Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, 53, dropped out of the race, Theresa May won the prime ministerial seat unopposed.
WHO IS THERESA MAY?
Born in Eastbourne, East Sussex, to a vicar of Church of England, May studied in both public and private schools before pursuing Geography at Oxford University’s St Hugh’s College, graduating in 1977.
After graduating, May started working at the Bank Of England. Her initiation into the world of politics wasn’t until she served as a councillor in the London Borough of Merton from 1986 to 1994.
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