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Tony Blair became Prime Minister after a labor Prime Minister died who was it that died?
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Tony Blair took over as Labour leader from John Smith, who had succeeded Neil Kinnock as Labour leader following Labour's election defeat in 1992. Smith was never Prime Minister, since the Conservatives were in power at the time- he was Leader of the Opposition, and died in 1994. The Deputy leader Margaret Beckett held the post for a year, before Blair was elected as Labour Party leader in '95.
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Who became labor Party Prime Minister of the UK with a landslide victory in 1997?
Tony Blair
In 1998 was the labor party led by tony Blair?
Yes. Tony Blair was the leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister in 1998.
Who have been in power since 1997 under prime minister labor?
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
What position did Tony Blair have in the labor party before prime minister?
Labor Party leader and Leader of the Opposition
If Gordon Brown resigns as leader of the labor Party does he therefore resign as Prime Minister and then what happens?
The party elects a new leader who is then the new prime minister. As happened when Blair resigned.
How did Tony Blair become the prime minister of UK?
Tony Blair was elected leader of the Labour party in 1994 after the sudden death of the previous leader John Smith the Conservative Party had been in power for 15 years at that time and was very unpopular so it was highly likely that whoever won the leadership election would become Prime Minister in due course. This was the case and Labour won the General Election in May 1997 and Blair as their leader became Prime Minister. It is alleged that there was a pact between Gordon Brown and Blair that Brown would not contest the leadership election in return for influence and on condition that Blair would eventually resign so that Brown could take over. This is sometimes called the Granita pact after the restaurant where the deal was allegedly made.
How did Gordon brown become leader of the labor party?
Gordon Brown became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2007, after winning the leadership election in the Labour party (the current ruling party in the country). He has not yet fought a general election as Prime Minister and leader of the Labour party.
What political party did john curtin represent?
Curtin was of the Labor party when he became prime minister.
What happened to Kevin Rudd when he stopped being Prime Minister?
Once the Labor Party had reorganised their Cabinet he became the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
How many times has there been a labor prime minister?
Ramsay MacDonald Clement Attlee Harold Wilson James Callahan Tony Blair Gordon Brown
What political party was Prime Minister Bob Hawke head of?
He was part of the house of representatives, then the leader of the Labor party when he then became Prime Minister in 1983, only after 2 years in parliament.
Who was Britain's first labor prime minister?
Robert Walpole is considered the first Prime Minister, serving from 1721 to 1742. It took many years before the position was officially recognised, or even named, as it was often called "First Minister" or something similar. In 1906, Henry Campbell-Bannerman became the first Prime Minister to use it as a title.
