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Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

7 dated entries naming Tony Blair, drawn from 6 separate years between 1953 CE and 2007 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1953May 6 – Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdomsource
  • 1997May 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.source

21st century

  • 2001June 7 – 2001 United Kingdom general election: Tony Blair and the Labour Party win a second landslide victory.source
  • 2005May 5 – The 2005 United Kingdom general election is won by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Labour Party for a third consecutive majority government.source
  • 2006September 7 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair announces his intention to resign by the end of 2007.source
  • 2007June 27 – Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after a leadership election.source
  • 2007May 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.source

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