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Tony Blair
| The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair | |
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007 | |
| Deputy | John Prescott |
| Preceded by | Sir John Major |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Brown |
| Constituency | Sedgefield |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
| In office 21 July 1994 – 24 June 2007 | |
| Deputy | John Prescott |
| Preceded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony Charles Lynton Blair 6 May 1953 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Cherie Booth (m. 1980-present) |
| Relations | Leo Blair (father, dead) William Blair (brother) Tony Booth (father-in-law) Lauren Booth (half-sister-in-law) |
| Children | Euan, Nicky, Kathryn, Leo |
| Residence | Connaught Square, London |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Envoy |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a former Labour Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was Prime Minister from May 1997 until June 2007 and was succeeded by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.
He is married to Cherie Booth. They met on the top deck of a double-decker bus in 1975. Cherie claimed "It was a double-decker and we went upstairs. It was completely empty and by the time we got off we knew each other better than when we'd got on. And even better the next morning. He was a very good-looking young man, tall and slim, yet broad in the shoulders. A really strong body.".[1] Cherie Blair is a lawyer, who graduated from the London School of Economics with a first class honours degree. Blair himself left Oxford University with a second class degree. They have four children, Euan, Nicky, Kathryn, and Leo. There was a controversy over Blair sending his eldest son Euan to a grant-maintained school. As a result of this, Alastair Campbell discovered Blair "standing stark reading the Daily Mail"[2]
Early life
Blair was born in Edinburgh on 6 May 1953. He was the second son of Leo and Hazel Blair. Blair joined the Labour Party 1975.
As Prime Minister
As leader of the Labour party, he won three general elections in the UK, in 1997, 2001 and 2005. Blair was the first leader of the United Kingdom Labour Party to win 3 general elections in a row.[3]
He attributes his success in politics to a pair of lucky brogues which he wore for every single Prime Minister's Questions of his leadership. He claimed that "cheap shoes are a false economy".[4]
On the day of his resignation from premiership, Blair was appointed special envoy for the quartet of the middle east. He is currently the Chairman of the Commission for Africa.
References
- ↑ Tibbets, Graham (15 May 2008). "Cherie Blair Fell in Love With Tony on a Bus". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1957450/Cherie-Blair-fell-in-love-with-Tony-on-the-bus.html. Retrieved 2009-12-5.
- ↑ "The Best Bits in the Blair Years - TimesOnline". http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/the_blair_years/article2059918.ece. Retrieved 2009-12-5.
- ↑ "History of the Labour Party". http://www.labour.org.uk/historyofthelabourparty3.
- ↑ "The Secret of His Success? A Pair of Lucky Brogues - TimesOnline". http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/the_blair_years/article1969242.ece. Retrieved 2009-12-5.
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