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CodeDS/UK/14701
NameBlair; Sir; Tony (6 May 1953); British former Labour Prime Minister
Variations of NameAnthony Charles Lynton Blair
Dates6 May 1953
GenderMale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginEdinburgh, Scotland (born)
BiographySir Tony Blair is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, and had various shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994. Blair was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007. He is the second longest serving prime minister in modern history after Margaret Thatcher, and is the longest serving Labour politician to have held the office.

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