Tony Blair as P.M. (2 mayo 1997 año – 11 h 59 m, 27 jun 2007 año)

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Anthony "Tony" Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British politician. He was the Labor Party leader from 1994 to 2007 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Following the sudden death of John Smith, Blair became party chairman in July of 1994. Under his leadership, Labor won the British general election in 1997, ending the Conservative Party's 18-year reign. Blair's tenure became the longest of any ruling Labor Prime Minister, and he was the only one to lead his party to three consecutive elections. Together with Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson, Blair brought the Labor Party closer to the political centre of British politics. He represented a policy of the free market and the demarcation from collectivism under the slogans "New Labor", "Modern Social Democracy" and "Third Way". He rewrote Clause IV of the Labor Party's program, which originally called for the nationalization of key industries. His domestic policy was characterized by an increase in public spending on health and education while at the same time introducing market-oriented reforms that met with criticism early on. Blair's tenure also stands for the introduction of a minimum wage, school fees to improve education, constitutional changes such as the introduction of the Home Rule in Scotland and Wales, and progress in the peace process in Northern Ireland. The UK economy grew under Blair, with him taking a conservative approach not to raise income taxes. Since the start of the fight against terrorism in 2001, Blair has strongly supported US foreign policy, especiall by involving British troops in the operations in Afghanistan from 2001 and in Iraq from 2003. With his almost unconditional support for the actions of the Bush administration, Blair found himself and his policies heavily criticized. For example, he had to put up with being reviled by the British press as Bush's poodle for his obedience to the US President, which many felt was inappropriate. On July 6, 2016, the Chilcot Commission's investigation report into the British role in the Iraq war was published in London, which suggests that Blair, despite warnings from top British lawyers, violated international law with the Iraq war and possibly committed war crimes. On September 7, 2006, Blair publicly announced that he would resign as party leader. In June 2007 he was appointed Special Envoy for the Middle East Quartet.

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