Iron Chancellor
Britishnoun
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Before winning power, Reeves promised she would govern with "iron discipline" and bring stability to the public finances, leading to comparisons with Conservative "Iron Chancellor" Margaret Thatcher.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
The prototype of our modern welfare system was a “working-class insurance scheme” introduced by Otto von Bismarck, Germany’s Iron Chancellor, in the late 19th century.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 28, 2015
Listening to , ’s Iron Chancellor, her tough-talking finance minister or the uncompromising head of the Bundesbank, it often feels like a game of bad cop, worse cop, worst cop.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2012
Retirement, as an institution, traces its founding to 1889, when Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, promised Germans over 70 that the state would provide them with income.
From Time ● Nov. 29, 2
And the Haymarket—the greatest of all American tragedies—leads directly back to the Iron Chancellor and his ferocious inquisition.
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter
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