Gordon Brown
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The Right Honourable Gordon Brown |
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Brown as PM, c. 2009
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 27 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Tony Blair |
| Succeeded by | David Cameron |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 24 June 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Deputy | Harriet Harman |
| Preceded by | Tony Blair |
| Succeeded by | Ed Miliband |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Darling |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 24 July 1992 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Leader |
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| Shadowing |
Norman Lamont Kenneth Clarke |
| Preceded by | John Smith |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 2 November 1989 – 24 July 1992 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Shadowing |
Nicholas Ridley Peter Lilley Michael Heseltine |
| Preceded by | Bryan Gould |
| Succeeded by | Robin Cook |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 13 July 1987 – 2 November 1989 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Shadowing |
John Major Norman Lamont |
| Preceded by | Bryan Gould |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Beckett |
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Member of Parliament for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Dunfermline East (1983–2005) |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dick Douglas (Dunfermline) |
| Succeeded by | Roger Mullin |
| Personal details | |
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James Gordon Brown 20 February 1951 Giffnock, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Macaulay (m. 2000) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (BA 1971, MA 1972, PhD 1982) |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
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James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Blair Government from 1997 to 2007. Brown was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
A doctoral graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Brown spent his early career working as both a lecturer at a further education college and a television journalist. He entered Parliament in 1983 as the MP for Dunfermline East. He joined the Shadow Cabinet in 1989 as Shadow Secretary of State for Trade, and was later promoted to become Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1992. After Labour's victory in 1997, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, becoming the longest-serving holder of that office in modern history.
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