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Who was the Prime Minister when Peter Carington was the Foreign Secretary?

  • Margaret Thatcher

  • Tony Blair

  • John Major

  • Harold Wilson

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The answer is Margaret Thatcher. During her tenure as Prime Minister, Peter Carington served as Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom from May 1979 until June 1982, during which time he played a prominent role in the negotiations surrounding the Rhodesian independence issue and the Falklands War. Carington's resignation from office came after Argentina's invasion of the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands in April 1982.
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