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Tony Blair

6 May 1953 – present

Tony Blair is a British politician who led the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007 and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. His governments introduced devolution for Scotland and Wales and signed the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and committed British forces to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He later worked as an envoy to the Middle East and founded a policy institute.

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Born in Edinburgh
6 May 1953

Born Anthony Charles Lynton Blair and brought up in Durham and Edinburgh.

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Educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh
c. 1966 – 1971

Attended the independent boarding school before going up to Oxford.

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Graduated in law from St John's College, Oxford
1975

Read jurisprudence and played in a student rock band while at the university.

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Married Cherie Booth
1980

Married a fellow barrister he had met in chambers; the couple have four children.

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Elected Member of Parliament for Sedgefield
9 June 1983

Entered the House of Commons at the general election and held the County Durham seat until 2007.

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Elected leader of the Labour Party
July 1994

Succeeded John Smith and oversaw the rewriting of Clause IV of the party constitution under the label New Labour.

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Served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007

Took office after Labour's landslide victory in the 1997 general election and won two further elections before resigning in 2007.

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Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern Ireland
10 April 1998

His government, with the Irish government and the Northern Ireland parties, concluded the agreement that established power-sharing institutions.

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Committed British forces to the invasion of Iraq
March 2003

Parliament voted to support military action alongside the United States; the decision was later examined by the Iraq Inquiry chaired by John Chilcot.

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Served as representative of the Quartet on the Middle East
2007 – 2015

Took the envoy role on leaving office and held it until 2015.

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