John Major was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the beginning of 1997.
Tony Blair replaced Major as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on May 2.
Sir John Major was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 November 28 to 1997 May 2. Major first became prime minister when rising dissent within the Conservative party caused Michael Heseltine to challenge Margaret Thatcher for the leadership. As a result, Major became the leader of the Conservative Party and thus prime minister. Major's role as prime minister saw him lead negotiations in the formation of the EU, as well as participating in the Gulf War and the crisis in Serbia.
Meanwhile, Tony Blair had become the leader of the Labour Party on 1994 July 21, and served as Leader of the Opposition. Blair drove his party away from traditional socialism, towards a 'new capitalism', courting business interests and corporations in an attempt to gain the middle class vote. The public's continued disenchantment with the Conservative Party after 17 years led to a large victory for Labour in the 1997 elections.
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 May 2 to 2007 June 27. Major would continue on as Leader of the Opposition for a few months before resigning.
Blair resigned in 2007 due to low approval ratings, in part due to the Iraq War and resulting terrorist attacks on London.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which do not have separate prime ministers.
Tony Blair (full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair) served as British Prime Minister from 2 May 1997 to 22 June 2007.
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In 1997 Prime Minister John Major lost the reelections and was succeded by Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Tony Blair served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 .
Tony Blair, who was in office from 1997-2007.
Tony Blair served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997-2007
He was Prime Minister of the UK from 1990-1997.
He was elected leader of the Labour Party in Parliament in 1994, after the death of the previous leader John Smith. At the time, Labour Party were the minority in the House of Commons. In the following election in 1997, the Labour Party won control of Parliament by a landslide, and Blair became Prime Minister, a position he held until 2007.
No. He was Prime Minister from the 28th of November 1990 until the 2nd of May 1997.
John Major was succeded by Tony Blair.
Gordon Brown resumed office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on the 27th June 2007, after serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer for Tony Blair since 1997.
Tony Blair
The current Prime Minister of the UK is David Cameron. Every Thursday, the Queen of the UK meets the Prime Minister.
This depends on the country. Canada: Jean Chretien was the Prime Minister in 1997 UK: Tony Blair, after the general election, on the first of May 1997. Earlier in the same year, the Prime Minister was John Major.
Scotland does not have it's own Prime Minister. The Prime Minister of the UK is also the Prime Minister of Scotland.