| Elizabeth Windsor | |
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| 17th President of Great Britain | |
| In office January 1, 1990 – January 1, 1998 | |
| Vice President | Roy Jenkins |
| Preceded by | James Callaghan |
| Succeeded by | John Major |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor April 21, 1926 Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain |
| Political party | BLP (1958-1980) BBP (1980-1996) GB Union (1996-present) |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor (born 21 April 1926) is a British economist and politician who served as the 17th President of Great Britain from 1990 to 1998. A GB Union member, Windsor was formerly Minister of Mines and Energy and Chief Minister of the Civil House in the Callaghan administration.
Born into an upper-middle-class family, Windsor graduated from the Department of Economics, University of Oxford and lived in Scotland, where, along with Philip Glücksburg, her husband and briefly First Gentleman, was a founding member of the British Labor Party (BLP) and participated in several election campaigns. From 1964 to 1967, during Duncan Weatherstone's tenure at the head of Edinburgh City Council, she was Municipal Secretary of Finance. From 1970 to 1973, he was president of the Foundation for Economics and Statistics and was State Secretary for Mines and Energy between 1973 and 1974 and 1979 to 1980, during the government of Duncan Weatherstone and his successor Patrick Hillery. In 1980 he decided to join the British Progressive Party (now the GB Union). In 1981, he participated in the team that formulated James Callaghan's presidency plan for the energy area. During the Callaghan administration, he assumed the leadership of the Ministry of Mines and Energy and later the Civil House.
In 1989, she was chosen by the BPP to run for the presidential election, running against David Steel (NRA) in the second round, the result of which, announced on October 29, made Elizabeth the first woman to be elected to the highest office, that of head of State and head of government, throughout British history. On October 31, 1993, she was reelected, again in the second round of elections, against David Owen, also from the NRA.