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James Gordon Brown CH, PC, HonFRSE (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005, and Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2005 to 2015.
Jun 30, 2024 · Gordon Brown is a Scottish-born British Labour Party politician who served as chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007) and prime minister of the United Kingdom (2007–10). At the time of his elevation to prime minister, he had been the longest continuously serving chancellor of the Exchequer since
Gordon Brown's term as the prime minister of the United Kingdom began on 27 June 2007 when he accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, succeeding Tony Blair, and ended on 11 May 2010 upon his resignation.As prime minister, Brown served simultaneously as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Labour Party.
Gordon Brown. Gordon Brown is the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Since September 2021, he also serves as WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing.. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and is widely credited with preventing a second Great Depression through his stewardship of the 2009 London ...
Gordon Brown was born in Scotland and grew up in the industrial town of Kirkcaldy. He started at Edinburgh University aged 16, becoming the youngest fresher there since the war.
Jun 30, 2024 · Gordon Brown - Labour Leader, UK PM, Financial Reforms: Brown faced no opposition in the campaign to succeed Blair as Labour Party leader, and on June 27, 2007, three days after he officially became Labour Party leader, Brown became prime minister. He pledged to make reform of the National Health Service a major priority, to retain the various public-sector reforms that had been implemented by ...
Dec 1, 2014 · Gordon Brown could be brooding and brilliant, almost in the same breath. Westminster will probably not see his like again.
Jun 18, 2021 · In his lifetime, Gordon Brown has seen dramatic changes in the world. Borders have been thrown open in finance, trade and communications. For some, huge opportunities have resulted.
Jun 27, 2007 · Gordon Brown was born in Renfrewshire in Scotland and was the son of a Church of Scotland minister. When he was three, the family moved to Kirkcaldy in Fife, the constituency that he would later represent as an MP from 2005.
Jan 20, 2020 · Gordon Brown has warned the United Kingdom is at breaking point and could end unless the nations and regions get a real "voice" in decision-making.
