Happy Birthday, Tony Blair!

Happy Birthday, Tony!!!
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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007, Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007 and Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007. On the day he stood down as Prime Minister, he was appointed official Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East on behalf of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia, and stepped down as an MP and became Steward of Her Majesty's Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham in the county of Buckingham.

Tony Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in July 1994 following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under Blair's leadership the party abandoned many policies that it had held for decades. Labour won a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, which ended 18 years of rule by the Conservative Party with the heaviest Conservative defeat since 1832.

Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister and the only person to have led the Labour Party to three consecutive general election victories.

Gordon Brown, Blair's Chancellor of the Exchequer during his ten years in office, succeeded him as Leader of the Labour Party on 24 June 2007 and as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007.
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SUMMARY (TONY BLAIR)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007
Monarch Elizabeth II
Deputy John Prescott
Preceded by John Major
Succeeded by Gordon Brown
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Leader of the Opposition
In office
21 July 1994 – 27 June 1997
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Margaret Beckett
Succeeded by John Major
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Member of Parliament
for Sedgefield
In office
9 June 1983 – 27 June 2007
Preceded by New Constituency
Succeeded by Phil Wilson
Majority 18,449 (44.5%)
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Born 6 May 1953 (1953-05-06) (age 55)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Spouse Cherie Booth
Residence Connaught Square
Alma mater St John's College, Oxford
Occupation Envoy
Profession Barrister
Religion Roman Catholic
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