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Tony Blair

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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, born May 6, 1953, in Edinburgh, served as Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1997 to June 2007, the longest continuously serving Labour prime minister and the first to win three consecutive general elections. His government introduced devolved parliaments and assemblies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, helped broker the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ending decades of conflict in Northern Ireland, and introduced the National Minimum Wage. His decision to commit British forces to the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 proved deeply controversial and significantly damaged his later reputation.

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Classification
Political Role
Leader of the Labour Party 1
Political Role
Leader of the Opposition 1
Political Role
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1
Political Role
Special Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East 1
Gender
Male 2
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Role
Prime Minister 2
How Leadership Ended
Resignation 2
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Years in Office
10 3
Birth Year
1953 2
Birth Date
1953-05-06 2
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United Kingdom

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Source Tony Blair (Wikipedia)Lead
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Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.
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1. Tony Blair - Wikipedia (Wikipedia)
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2. Tony Blair (Wikipedia)
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    born 6 May 1953
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1953-05-06
  • Entity description, gender reference sentence
    His government introduced devolved parliaments and assemblies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, helped broker the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ending decades of conflict in Northern Ireland, and introduced the National Minimum Wage.
  • Lead section
    Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.
  • Article body
    Blair tendered his resignation as prime minister on 27 June and Brown assumed office the same afternoon.
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3. WorldStatesmen.org: WorldStatesmen.org: United Kingdom
WorldStatesmen.orgUnited Kingdom page, entry for Blair
Quote, United Kingdom page, entry for Blair
2 May 1997 - 27 Jun 2007
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