Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Born 1951 · age 75
James Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. Previously, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007 under Tony Blair.
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Tony Blair Preceded Gordon as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
David Cameron Succeeded Gordon as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Tony Blair (pictured) was a close colleague of Brown. Together, they made a pact (Blair-Brown deal) that Brown would succeed Blair as prime minister.
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Brown and George W. Bush, President of the United States, meet at Downing Street, June 2008
Brown at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in 2008
Brown meets British troops during a visit to Basra, 2007In their own words 4
, To prevent the rise of dysfunctional nationalism, the first step is to stop no deal in its tracks
If this referendum is about anything it is about what kind of Britain we are and what kind of Britain we aspire to become. We should be a leader in Europe, not simply a member.
The Conservative Party always opposed the fiscal stimulus; they want to cut now the support we are giving to jobs, homes and businesses.
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Brown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005 and for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2005 to 2015. He has served as United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education since 2012, and he was appointed as World Health Organization Ambassador for Global Health Financing in 2021. In 2026, Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Brown as a Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation.
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