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Tony Blair

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He resigned from all of these positions in June 2007. Tony Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election of July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under his leadership, the party adopted the term "New Labour" and moved away from its traditional left wing position towards the centre ground. Blair subsequently led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election. At 43 years old, he became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812. In the first years of the New Labour government, Blair's government implemented a number of 1997 manifesto pledges, introducing the minimum wage, Human Rights Act and Freedom of Information Act, and carrying out devolution, establishing the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Blair's role as Prime Minister was particularly visible in foreign and security policy, including in Northern Ireland, where he was involved in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. From the start of the War on Terror in 2001, Blair strongly supported the foreign policy of US President George W. Bush, notably by participating in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and 2003 invasion of Iraq. Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister, the only person to have led the Labour Party to three consecutive general election victories, and the only Labour Prime Minister to serve consecutive terms more than one of which was at least four years long. He was succeeded as Leader of the Labour Party on 24 June 2007 and as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007 by Gordon Brown. On the day he resigned as Prime Minister, he was appointed the official Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East. In May 2008, Blair launched his Tony Blair Faith Foundation. This was followed in July 2009 by the launching of the Faith and Globalisation Initiative with Yale University in the USA, Durham University in the UK and the National University of Singapore in Asia to deliver a postgraduate programme in partnership with the Foundation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Blair, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
May 6, 1953 In Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
30
First Appeared:
In the movie Chinese Box 1997-11-14
Latest Project:
Movie Merkel 2022-11-24
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Filmography
Movie Merkel Self 2022-11-24
Movie Official Secrets Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2019-08-30
Movie Brexit: The Clock Is Ticking Self (archive footage) 2019-04-16
Movie 30 Years of Democracy Self (archive footage) 2019-12-22
Movie Vice Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2018-12-25
Movie VICE Special Report: A World in Disarray Self 2017-07-21
Movie British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2016-09-12
Movie HyperNormalisation Self (archive footage) 2016-10-25
Movie Shadow World Self - Politician (archive footage) 2016-10-14
Movie Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True 2015-03-19
Movie Propaganda Self (archive footage) 2013-02-14
Movie The Class of ‘92 Self 2013-12-01
Movie The New Watchdogs Self 2012-01-11
Movie London: The Modern Babylon Self (archive footage) 2012-08-03
Movie Countdown to Zero Self 2010-01-25
Movie La Traversée du désir Self 2009-03-16
Movie Being W Self (archive footage) 2008-10-08
Movie Taking Liberties Self (archive footage) 2007-01-01
Movie Diana: Last Days of a Princess Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2007-07-30
Movie Being Jacques Chirac Self (archive footage) 2006-05-31
Movie Ever Again Self - British Prime Minister (archive footage) 2006-12-08
Movie The World According To Bush Self 2004-05-27
Movie Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) Self - British Prime Minister 2004-08-13
Movie Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties Self (archive footage) 2004-10-05
Movie Trust Me - I'm a Politician Self (archive footage) 2003-02-08
Movie Live Forever Self (archive footage) 2003-03-07
Movie Cabinet Confidential Self 2001-11-17
Movie Iris Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2001-12-14
Movie Princess Diana: The Mourning After Self (archive footage) 1998-08-01
Movie Chinese Box Self (archive footage) 1997-11-14
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