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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.
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Filmography
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self 109
Movies 86
TV Shows 30
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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
The Agreement (2023)
Her Majesty's Prime Ministers: John Major (2023)
Litvinenko: The Mayfair Poisoning (2022)
Merkel (2022)
Born to be The King (2022)
The Proclamation of HM the King (2022)
A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen (2022)
Thatcher's Not Dead (2022)
Our Platinum Queen: 70 Years on the Throne (2022)
Queen Elizabeth II: Above All Else (2022)
Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution (2021)
Diana: l'envers de la couronne (2021)
Heist: The Northern Bank Robbery (2021)
Endgame in Ireland (2021)
My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan (2021)
Nail Bomber: Manhunt (2021)
The Last Days of Princess Diana (2021)
Once Upon a Time in Iraq (2020)
Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations (2020)
Newscast (2020)
30 Years of Democracy (2019)
Under the Knife (2019)
Official Secrets (2019)
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories (2019)
Brexit: The Clock Is Ticking (2019)
The Kennedy Who Changed The World (2019)
Putin's Witnesses (2018)
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2018)
Elizabeth: Our Queen (2018)
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America (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)
The Confession (2016)
Brexageddon?! (2016)
Diana: The People's Princess (2016)
Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success (2015)
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World (2015)
Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True (2015)
Who Won the War? (2014)
New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor (2014)
New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor (2014)
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? (2013)
The Class of ‘92 (2013)
Speeches That Shook the World (2013)
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World (2013)
Sir David Frost: That Was the Life That Was (2013)
Venus VS. (2013)
The Iraq War (2013)
Margaret Thatcher: Prime Minister (2013)
Propaganda (2013)
Happy and Glorious (2012)
The New Watchdogs (2012)
How to Win the TV Debate (2010)
Countdown to Zero (2010)
Fern Britton Meets... (2009)
We Are the People We've Been Waiting For (2009)
South of the Border (2009)
La Traversée du désir (2009)
Sergio (2009)
Skavlan (2009)
Secrets of Body Language (2008)
Being W (2008)
Leading to War (2008)
Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (2007)
The Blair Years (2007)
How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister (2007)
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair (2007)
From Beaconsfield to Baghdad (2007)
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007)
Everything's Cool (2007)
Taking Liberties (2007)
Ever Again (2006)
The Planet (2006)
Being Jacques Chirac (2006)
Soccer Aid (2006)
The Queen at 80 (2006)
Independent Intervention (2006)
Truth, Lies and Intelligence (2005)
Celsius 41.11 (2004)
Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties (2004)
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) (2004)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
The Other Side of Suez (2004)
The World According To Bush (2004)
Beatles: The Journey (2003)
Live Forever (2003)
Trust Me - I'm a Politician (2003)
Echolalia (2003)
The Century of the Self (2002)
Iris (2001)
Cabinet Confidential (2001)
Maybrit Illner (1999)
Working for Labour (1998)
Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt (1998)
Princess Diana: The Mourning After (1998)
Sabine Christiansen (1998)
Chinese Box (1997)
Labour's Old Romantic (1997)
Party Election Broadcast for the Labour Party (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
The Wilderness Years (1995)
The National Television Awards (1995)
GMTV (1993)
The Simpsons (1989)
Wogan (1982)
Question Time (1979)
Breakfast with Frost
When the Windsors Met the Bushes
Duty to Diana: The Butler's Story
Sick Around the World
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1953-05-06 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceEdinburgh, United Kingdom
ReligionCatholic Church
Height1.83-meter
SpouseCherie Blair
ChildrenLeo George Blair, Kathryn Blair, Nicholas Blair, Euan Blair
FatherLeo Blair
MotherHazel Elizabeth Rosaleen Corscaden
SiblingsWilliam Blair, Sarah Blair
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsAnthony Charles Lynton Blair, 托尼·布莱尔
Awardshonorary doctorate of Haifa University, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Knight of the Garter, Thomas J. Dodd Prize in International Justice and Human Rights, Philadelphia Liberty Medal, Financial Times Person of the Year, Dan David Prize, Congressional Gold Medal, Charlemagne Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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