Person

Tony Blair

b. 1953 · 20th century

Tony Blair is a British Labour politician who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007, the party's longest-serving holder of the office. Leading New Labour to three election victories, he introduced devolution for Scotland and Wales, helped secure the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, and took Britain into the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Tony Blair
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