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Blair became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 2 May 1997; aged 43, he was the youngest person to reach that office since Lord Liverpool became prime minister aged 42 in 1812. He was also the first prime minister born after the Second World War and the accession of Elizabeth II to the throne.
Jun 17, 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...
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?
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.
Dec 14, 2023 · Tony Blair served as prime minister of the UK from 1997 to 2007. He is the only Labour leader in the party’s 100-year history to win three consecutive elections. He was succeeded by his...
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,...
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...
Jan 1, 2022 · Tony Blair, the Duchess of Cornwall, and Baroness Amos are to be appointed as members of the Order of the Garter, England's oldest and most senior order of chivalry. The former Labour prime...
