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Tony Blair

Tony Blair
In 1994 British lawyer Tony Blair became the leader of the British Labour Party. He worked to reorganize the party and to increase its popularity. In 1997 the Labour Party won a landslide victory in British national elections, and Blair became prime minister.
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