Tony Blair
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The Right Honourable
Anthony Charles Lyton Blair |
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| In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Deputy | John Prescott |
| Preceded by | Sir John Major |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Brown |
| Constituency | Sedgefield |
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| Born | 6 May 1953 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Cherie Booth (m. 1980-present) |
| Relations | Leo Blair (father) William Blair (brother) Tony Booth (father-in-law) Lauren Booth (half-sister-in-law) |
| Children | Euan, Nicky, Kathryn, Leo |
| Residence | Connaught Square, London |
| Occupation | Envoy |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Anthony Charles Lyton Blair, usually called Tony Blair, is a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was born in Edinburgh. He was Prime Minister from May 1997 until June 2007 and was succeeded by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.
As leader of the Labour party, he won three general elections in the UK, in 1997, 2001 and 2005. He is married to Cherie Booth. They met on the top deck of a double-decker bus in 1975. Cherie claimed "It was a double-decker and we went upstairs. It was completely empty and by the time we got off we knew each other better than when we'd got on. And even better the next morning. He was a very good-looking young man, tall and slim, yet broad in the shoulders. A really strong body."[1]. Cherie Blair is a lawyer, who graduated from the London School of Economics with a first class honours degree. Blair himself left Oxford University with a second class degree. They have four children, Euan, Nicky, Kathryn, and Leo. There was a controversy over Blair sending his eldest son Euan to a grant-maintained school. As a result of this, Alastair Campbell discovered Blair "standing stark naked reading the Daily Mail"[2]
He attributes his success in politics to a pair of lucky brogues which he wore for every single Prime Minister's Questions of his leadership. He claimed that "cheap shoes are a false economy".[3]
[change] References
- ↑ Tibbets, Graham (15 May 2008). "Cherie Blair Fell in Love With Tony on a Bus". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1957450/Cherie-Blair-fell-in-love-with-Tony-on-the-bus.html. Retrieved 2009-12-5.
- ↑ "The Best Bits in the Blair Years - TimesOnline". http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/the_blair_years/article2059918.ece. Retrieved 2009-12-5.
- ↑ "The Secret of His Success? A Pair of Lucky Brogues - TimesOnline". http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/the_blair_years/article1969242.ece. Retrieved 2009-12-5.
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