Tony Blair
Born
6 May 1953 (72)
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also known as
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Biography
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 s...
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.
Filmography (40)
Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns
2026
The Dunblane Tapes
2026
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
2023
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
2023
Troubles and Peace
2023
Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major
2023
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning
2022
Merkel
2022
Liam Gallagher: Knebworth 22
2022
Born to be The King
2022
The Proclamation of HM the King
2022
A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen
2022
Queen Elizabeth II: Above All Else
2022
Heist: The Northern Bank Robbery
2021
Nail Bomber: Manhunt
2021
Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations
2020
30 Years of Democracy
2019
Under the Knife
2019
Official Secrets
2019
Brexit: The Clock Is Ticking
2019
Putin's Witnesses
2018
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America
2017
Diana: The People's Princess
2017
VICE Special Report: A World in Disarray
2017
Hero With A Thousand Faces
2016
HyperNormalisation
2016
Shadow World
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
How to Win the US Presidency
2016
The Killing$ of Tony Blair
2016
Brexageddon?!
2016
De strijd van Kok
2015
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
2015
Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True
2015
We Are Many
2014
The Class of ‘92
2013
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
2013
Speeches That Shook the World
2013
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was
2013
Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister
2013