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When Did Tony Blair Become Prime Minister ?
Tony Blair was elected as the Prime Minister of England in 1997. However, Blair has a long history of involvement in politics. He graduated from Oxford in 1975 and joined the Labor Party the same year. His father-in-law, Tony Booth, actually helped him to meet Labor Member of Parliament Tom Pendry, who assisted him in his parliamentary career. Until then all of Tony’s attempts were unsuccessful. |
Blair had a pro-active role to play in the Labor Party, who had not been in power for several years now. Tony, being a very progressive person himself and also being young, was able to do this to full perfection and he soon attracted many people in the party. In 1983, Blair was elected as the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield. Once he got elected as the Member of Parliament, Blair constantly rose in position and his ascent was too rapid to measure. Every year he reached a new political milestone with ease.
In 1984, he was appointed as the Assistant Treasury Spokesman, later that year he was appointed to take additional responsibilities for the trade and industry department too. Blair led several campaigns related to his positions and that made him come into the limelight very quickly.
People already knew who he was and what he was doing in the politics. His popularity came much before his position as a Prime Minister. The actual opportunity came when John Smith died of a heart attack suddenly in 1994. Someone needed to lead the party and he was the choice by default. In the 1997 elections, Blair led the party to the biggest victory ever in the history of Britain.
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