Timeline Of Tony Blair
Tony Blair was the British Prime Minister for 10 years, from May 1997 to June 2007. He was succeeded by Gordon Brown. Blair was one of youngest prime ministers Britain has ever had and during his tenure, a lot of changes took place -- economically and politically. Here is a timeline of Tony Blair. |
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Timeline of Tony Blair:
1983: Tony Blair was elected as the Labor Member of Parliament for Sedgefield and won by a huge margin.
1984 to 1987: Blair is appointed as the spokesman for treasury matters and became the party reformer. He was also appointed as the deputy spokesman for trade and industry.
1988: Blair got elected by the Parliament Labor Party.
1989: Blair was elected as the member of the National Executive Committee and this is considered to be a very powerful position by veterans.
1992: He was promoted as the home secretary and Blair also made amendments that his party would be tough on crime the causes of crime.
1994: After the Labor Party leader John Smith died of a heart attack, Tony Blair was elected as the leader for the Labor Party.
1997: Tony Blair announced his decision to stand in the general election and the daily newspaper Sun agreed to back him up. On 1 May the same year, the Labor Party won the election with a huge margin and Tony Blair became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister.
1998: Blair negotiated on the Belfast Agreement and shared assembly in Northern Ireland. He also ensured that Britain played a role in NATO and Kosovo war by keeping thousands of soldiers as peace keeping force.
2001: Labor party won the election again with a high margin in the House of Commons.
2002: The Euro became the main form of currency in the European Union and United Kingdom chose to remain out of it.
Tony Blair resigned as the Prime Minister on June 27, 2007.
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