Tony Blair
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The Right Honourable Tony Blair |
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Blair in 2014
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Deputy | John Prescott |
| Preceded by | John Major |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Brown |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 21 July 1994 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Margaret Beckett |
| Succeeded by | John Major |
| Leader of the Labour Party | |
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In office 21 July 1994 – 24 June 2007 |
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| Deputy | John Prescott |
| Preceded by | John Smith |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Brown |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
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In office 24 July 1992 – 24 October 1994 |
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| Leader |
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| Preceded by | Roy Hattersley |
| Succeeded by | Jack Straw |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 2 November 1989 – 24 July 1992 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Michael Meacher |
| Succeeded by | Frank Dobson |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy | |
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In office 23 November 1988 – 2 November 1989 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | John Prescott |
| Succeeded by | Frank Dobson |
| Shadow Minister for Trade | |
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In office 13 July 1987 – 23 November 1988 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Bryan Gould |
| Succeeded by | Robin Cook |
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Member of Parliament for Sedgefield |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Preceded by | David Reed |
| Succeeded by | Phil Wilson |
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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair 6 May 1953 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Cherie Booth (m. 1980) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Website | www |
| a. ^ Electorate abolished on 28 February 1974, and reconstituted on 8 June 1983. | |
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, PC (born 6 May 1953), commonly called Tony Blair, is a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. Together with President George W. Bush in 2003, he initiated the Iraq War with the invasion of Iraq, an act which remains highly controversial.
From 1983 to 2007, Blair was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield. He was elected Labour Party leader in July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith, who together with his predecessor, Neil Kinnock, had started to move the party closer to the political centre, in order to win power. Under Blair's leadership, the party used the phrase "New Labour", to distance it from previous Labour policies and the traditional conception of socialism. Blair declared support for a new conception that he referred to as "social-ism", involving politics that recognised individuals as socially interdependent, and advocated social justice, cohesion, equal worth of each citizen, and equal opportunity. Critics of Blair denounced him for having the Labour Party abandon genuine socialism and accepting capitalism. Supporters, including the party's public opinion pollster Philip Gould, stated that after four consecutive general election defeats, the Labour Party had to demonstrate that it had made a decisive break from its left-wing past, in order to win an election again.
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