Tony Blair
The Richt Honourable Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born on the 6t o Mey 1953 in Edinburrie), for ordinar kent as Tony Blair, wis the Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick frae 1997 tae 2007. He wis the first Prime Meenister frae the Labour Pairty tae hiv haed three consecutive terms in govrenment.
Sir Tony Blair | |
|---|---|
 Blair in 2010 | |
| Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick | |
| In office 2 Mey 1997 – 27 Juin 2007 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Depute | John Prescott |
| Precedit bi | John Major |
| Succeedit bi | Gordon Brown |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 21 Julie 1994 – 2 Mey 1997 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Meenister | John Major |
| Depute | John Prescott |
| Precedit bi | Margaret Beckett |
| Succeedit bi | John Major |
| Leader o the Labour Pairty | |
| In office 21 Julie 1994 – 24 Juin 2007 | |
| Depute | John Prescott |
| Precedit bi | John Smith |
| Succeedit bi | Gordon Brown |
| Shaidae Home Secretary | |
| In office 24 July 1992 – 24 October 1994 | |
| Leader | John Smith |
| Precedit bi | Roy Hattersley |
| Succeedit bi | Jack Straw |
| Shaidae Secretary of State for Employment | |
| In office 2 November 1989 – 24 July 1992 | |
| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Precedit bi | Michael Meacher |
| Succeedit bi | Frank Dobson |
| Shaidae Secretar o State for Energy | |
| In office 23 November 1988 – 2 November 1989 | |
| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Precedit bi | John Prescott |
| Succeedit bi | Frank Dobson |
| Member o Pairlament for Sedgefield | |
| In office 9 Juin 1983 – 27 Juin 2007 | |
| Precedit bi | David Reed[a] |
| Succeedit bi | Phil Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony Charles Lynton Blair 6 Mey 1953[1] Edinburgh, Scotland, Unitit Kinrick |
| Poleetical pairty | Labour |
| Spoose(s) | Cherie Booth (1980–present) |
| Bairns | Euan Nicky Kathryn Leo |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford Inns o Coort Schuil o Law |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Signatur | File:Signature of Tony Blair.png |
| Wabsteid | Offeecial wabsteid |
| a. ^ Electorate abolished 28 Februar 1974, an reconstitutit 8 Juin 1983. | |
He demittit frae office as Prime Meenister on 27 Juin 2007 an haundit ower pouer tae the new leader o the Breetish Labour Pairty, Gordon Brown. On the same day, he demittit as a Member o Pairlament (for the Sedgefield consteetuency) an wis appyntit as a peace envoy tae the Middle Aest bi the Quartet o the Unitit States, Unitit Nations, European Union and Roushie.
References
eedit- ↑ BLAIR, Rt Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton, (Tony). ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc.
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