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Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair KG (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997 and held various shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994.
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Jun 5, 2024 · Tony Blair (born May 6, 1953, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British Labour Party leader who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007). He was the youngest prime minister since 1812 and the longest-serving Labour prime minister, and his 10-year tenure as prime minister was the second longest continuous period (after Margaret ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Following the Labour Party's landslide victory over the Conservatives in the May 1997 general election, the 43-year-old Blair became the UK's youngest prime minister since Lord Liverpool in...
Tony Blair's term as the prime minister of the United Kingdom began on 2 May 1997 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding John Major of the Conservative Party, and ended on 27 June 2007 upon his resignation.
Aug 16, 2023 · Mr. Blair led Labour into power in 1997 in a landslide victory and was prime minister for a decade, shifting the party to the center, helping to negotiate a peace deal in Northern Ireland and...
Tony Blair, the longest serving Labour Prime Minister, oversaw the Northern Irish peace process, public sector reform and the response to the 9/11 and 7/7 terrorist attacks. Born. 6 May 1953,...
Tony Blair, orig. Anthony Charles Lynton, (born May 6, 1953, Edinburgh, Scot.), British politician and prime minister (1997–2007). He was among the youngest prime ministers in the history of the United Kingdom, and he was the Labour Party ’s longest-serving prime minister.
Apr 30, 2017 · On Monday, it was 20 years to the day that Tony Blair won a landslide general election victory for Labour - how did he change the country and what is left of his legacy?
Blair stepped down in June 2007 and was succeeded as prime minister by Gordon Brown. Blair and his allies succeeded in making the Labour Party electable again, after almost two decades in...
Jun 5, 2024 · The inquiry was launched in 2009 by Prime Minister Brown and led by Sir John Chilcot, a career civil servant. Evidence was provided by about 150 witnesses—including Blair, who testified twice—and some 150,000 documents, among which were communications between Blair and Bush.
