Tony Blair served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997. As of 2017, Blair is the last British Labour Party leader to have won a general election.

Born on May 6, 1953, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the youngest prime minister since 1812 and the longest-serving Labour prime minister. His 10-year tenure as prime minister was the second longest continuous period, after Margaret Thatcher’s, in more than 150 years.

Blair's support of the invasion on Iraq damaged his reputation as a global statesman, and he fell out with key European allies, especially when military inspectors failed to uncover weapons of mass destruction. Blair’s decade in office was marked by uninterrupted economic growth and a more independent Bank of England.

In March 2017 Blair announced his intention to again become involved in the world of politics with the founding of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

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