About Tony
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was born on 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied law at St John's College, Oxford and trained as a barrister. He was elected Member of Parliament for Sedgefield in 1983 and held various shadow cabinet positions before winning the Labour leadership in 1994. As Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007, he was the longest-serving Labour premier and only Labour leader to win three consecutive general elections.
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- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007)
- Leader of the Labour Party (1994-2007)
- Good Friday Agreement
- Iraq War
- devolution in Scotland and Wales
- minimum wage introduction
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