{"slug": "tony-blair", "label": "Tony Blair", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9545", "qid": "Q9545", "description": "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1953, 2007], "span_label": ["1953 CE", "2007 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "labour-party-uk", "label": "Labour Party (UK)", "shared": 3}], "items": [{"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#May", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Births › May"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as the Labour Party wins the 1997 United Kingdom general election and returns to government for the first time in 18 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#May", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – 2001 United Kingdom general election: Tony Blair and the Labour Party win a second landslide victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#June", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – The 2005 United Kingdom general election is won by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for a third consecutive majority government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368527363#May", "title": "2005", "revid": 1368527363, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign by the end of 2007.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373069605#September", "title": "2006", "revid": 1373069605, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – As a result of factors including the Blair–Brown deal and falling approval ratings as a result of the Iraq War, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, triggering the 2007 Labour Party leadership election, in which Chancellor Gordon Brown ran unopposed. Brown would officially replace Blair as Prime Minister on 27 June.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#May", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after a leadership election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#June", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › June"}}]}