Sir Tony C. Blair KG
Born 1950s.
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Son of Leo Charles Augustus Blair
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73rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1997 - 2007
1997 - 2007
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Biography
Tony Blair served as UK Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007 and Labour Party leader from 1994 to 2007.[1]
Early years
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, in 1953.[2] He was the son of Leo Blair, a barrister and academic,[3] and his Irish wife, Hazel (née Corscadden).[4] Tony attended Fettes College, an Edinburgh independent school, before going up to St John's College, Oxford, to study Law.[5]
Political career
After graduating, Blair began work as a barrister. He joined the Labour Party in 1975 and was elected as the Member of Parliament for the safe seat of Sedgefield, County Durham, in 1983. Tony was appointed as Shadow Home Secretary in 1992. Two years later the Labour leader, John Smith, died suddenly, and Blair won the leadership contest that followed.
- "Tony Blair was seen as a new kind of politician with enormous charisma, arguably the finest opposition leader of modern times – even succeeding in reforming ‘Clause IV’ of the Labour constitution. It was of little surprise when Labour won the 1997 general election by a landslide majority of 179." [6]
As British Prime Minister
Blair became Prime Minister on 2 May 1997 and appointed his friend, Gordon Brown, as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Blair government made important constitutional changes, such as devolving powers to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, the Human Rights Act, reforming the House of Lords and passing the Freedom of Information Act. In 1998 the Good Friday Agreement ended most of the violence in Northern Ireland.[6]
Controversy ensued when British forces joined America in bombing Iraq in 1998, but Labour won the next general election in 2001 with another landslide, taking 167 seats. The 9/11 attacks led to further military action in Afghanistan and then Iraq. In the UK the case for war was based on the belief that Saddam Hussein had "weapons of mass destruction", and the subsequent unravelling of this evidence meant that Blair became a divisive figure.[6]
Tony Blair resigned as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007 and was succeeded by Gordon Brown.[6]
Personal life
Blair married in 1980.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia: Wikipedia contributors, "Tony Blair," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Blair&oldid=1108857596 (accessed September 12, 2022).
- ↑ Birth Registration: "Statutory Register of Births"
National Records of Scotland, Ref: 685/5/1402
ScotlandsPeople (accessed 9 March 2023)
Anthony Charles Blair birth registered 1953 in George Square. - ↑ Website: Alumni Spotlight: Tony Blair. St John's College, Oxford. Accessed 9 Mar 2023
- ↑ Website: Mother described as an 'almost saintly woman'. Ronan McGreevy. The Irish Times. Published Thu Sep 2 2010. Accessed 9 Mar 2023
- ↑ Website: Gallagher, Tom. "Tony Blair". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 May. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tony-Blair. Accessed 9 March 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Website: Past Prime Ministers: The Rt Hon Tony Blair. Dr. Jon Davis. GOV.UK. Accessed 9 Mar 2023
- ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales Marriage Index"
FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 9 March 2023)
Blair, Anthony C. L.
GRO Reference: 1980 Jan-Feb-Mar in Oxford Volume 20 Page 1826.
See Also:
- Sir Tony Blair on Wikipedia
- Wikidata: Item Q9545
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